How should preserving jar be sorted?

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Preserving jar should be sorted as:

Empty glass packaging

Glass / Glas

Metal lid

Metal / Metal

About this item

Preserving jars should be sorted as glass packaging when empty. They do not need to be perfectly clean, but large food residues should be scraped out. Metal lids should be removed and sorted as metal if possible. Labels can stay on. Drinking glasses, ovenproof dishes, ceramics and porcelain do not belong with glass packaging.

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