Household waste – Voluntary intake points – Glass columns

Localisation of voluntary collection points for glass.

Like the white bin the glass columns are used to collect the glass packaging so that they are recycled.

Today there are more than a thousand glass columns installed on the public highway, on the surface, and 70 glass columns buried. The same waste can be placed there as in the white bin (glass packaging: pots, bottles and jars. Special attention has been paid to their soundproofing device. In addition, most glass columns have lowered openings to make them more accessible to people with reduced mobility.

What do we put in the white bin and glass columns?

· bottles, jars, glass bottles (drinks, oil, canned, jam, etc.). They must be empty, but it is useless to rinse them.

· good to know: the metal caps and lids, capsules... are accepted in the yellow bin, they will be recycled.

Mistakes to avoid:

· dishes, windows, mirrors, earthenware, porcelain, drinking glasses or walking glasses, candle holders, etc. should not be mixed with the glass packaging and go into the green bin. Indeed, they melt at a higher temperature and risk forming defects in new bottles made from recycled glass.

· the bulbs do not go into the white bin. You can bring them, even broken, to many large stores or DIY stores that put dedicated collection bins at your disposal.

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