Glass / Glas
See the most important Danish waste categories and how correct sorting helps materials move on to recycling.
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Glass waste
Glass waste includes empty glass bottles, jars and similar glass packaging. Glass can be recycled again and again without losing quality, which makes correct sorting valuable.
What belongs with glass?
Glass should be emptied and scraped clean, but it does not need to be thoroughly washed. Porcelain, ceramics, mirrors, light bulbs and chemical bottles should not be sorted as ordinary glass, because they can disturb recycling or require special handling.
Accepted
- Glass and non-deposit glass bottles in all colours
- Jars and drinking glasses
- Vitamin jars
- Glass shards from the above
Not accepted
- Porcelain, mirrors and ceramics (recycling centre)
- Chemical bottles (hazardous waste)
- Light bulbs (recycling centre or hazardous waste)
- Medicine glass (pharmacy or recycling centre)
Waste items sorted as glass / Glas
Ampoule
Beetroot jar
Broken glass
Canning jar
Chocolate spread
Clip-top jar
Cocoa milk carton
Crushed glass
Dropper bottle
Empty pill bottle
Glass bottle
Glass bowl
Glass packaging
Glass tabletop
Herring jar
Honey tub
Instant coffee jar
Jam jar
Marmalade jar
Medicine bottle
Nutella jar
Olive oil bottle
Pesto jar
Pill bottle
Preserving jar
Red wine
Skin tonic
Spice jar
Spirits bottle
Tealight glass holder
Vitamin bottle
Wine
Wine bottle
Wine glass