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Glass

What you can recycle depends on whether you’re recycling at your house or apartment or at a Recycling and Disposal Station. Please see the information below for details.

At your house or apartment
Always put glass in the separate glass bin or container to prevent damage to recycling workers and machinery. Glass must be rinsed clean. It is not necessary to remove labels.

You can recycle in your glass bin or container:	You can NOT recycle in your glass bin or container:
• All colors of clean & empty glass jars and bottles, with lids or caps removed (no bags, cartons or six pack rings).	• Drinking glasses • Light bulbs (dispose of fluorescent bulbs and tubes as hazardous waste) • Eyeglasses • Ceramics, such as mugs, plates and bowls • Vases • Window glass and mirrors • Bottle or jar lids or caps

At the Recycling and Disposal Stations

You can recycle at no charge:	You can NOT recycle:
• Clean glass bottles and jars, with lids removed, sorted by color.	• Drinking glasses • Light bulbs (dispose of fluorescent bulbs and tubes as hazardous waste) • Eyeglasses • Ceramics, such as mugs, plates and bowls • Vases • Window glass and mirrors • Bottle or jar lids orcaps

Related links
Recycling Do’s & Don’t’s Flyers
Recycling & Disposal Stations
Special & Unacceptable Items at Recycling & Disposal Stations
Recyclables are Banned in Garbage
Hazardous Waste Disposal
From Recycling Bin to Recycled Product - Take a tour of what happens to your recycling

Links to other sites
Resource Venture
King County Reuse and Recycling Database
Take It Back Network for computers and electronics

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