Clear and coloured glass bottles and food jars will now be recycled from blue-topped recycling bins. Currently, the bins take cans, cardboard, paper and plastic packaging.

This includes plastic bags, a plastic sack, plastic food containers, plastic cups and lids, plastic rope, paper cartons, metal drinks cans and glass bottles.

Glass bottles are much WORSE for the environment than plastic because manufacturing them uses more energy and resources, study finds Researchers from Southampton evaluated various types of ...

In late June, France's food safety agency released the findings of a surprising study, which showed that drinks sold in glass bottles contain more microplastics than those in plastic bottles ...

Suez has called for a deposit return scheme which only targets plastic bottles and aluminium cans that are smaller than 700ml, such as soft drinks cans and bottles of water bought to be drunk on ...

The study found that glass bottles of soda, iced tea, beer, and lemonade contained about 100 microplastic particles per liter, which Phys.org explained is up to 50 times higher than the number ...

The backlash against plastic straws has left consumers searching for alternatives (Credit: Getty Images) The backlash against single-use plastics has seen a growing market for paper, metal, glass ...

Consumers often grapple with choosing between plastic, glass, and aluminum for cold drinks, each impacting health, taste, and the environment differently. Glass offers the purest taste and safety ...

Currently, glass is placed in a green box with a divider to separate it from plastics and cans, while some residents have a separate glass box. Paper is collected in a different sack. Under the ...