Glass Bottles & Jars

Single-use glass bottles and jars (wine bottles, pickle jars etc.) should go in recycling, and they should be empty, clean, and dry.

Glass bottles & jars are accepted at all LRSWMD drop-off locations.

Broken glass of any kind should go in household trash.

Pane glass (windows, mirrors, picture frames, etc.) should go in household trash.

Lids on glass jars should be removed.

Plastic lids belong in the trash.

Metal lids under 2” should stay out of your bin, but can be recycled with scrap metal.

Metal lids over 2” should be recycled in your bin separately.

Any materials smaller than 2” contaminate glass recycling at the Material Recovery Facility in Williston (the location where all single-stream recyclables in the Lamoille District are sent to be sorted). Glass is separated and broken into small pieces by bladed equipment that’s spaced 2” apart, and objects such as corks, plastic bottle caps, pill bottles, or small metal bottle caps fall through, increasing the time, resources, and energy needed to screen and cleanup the glass aggregate in the downstream recycling process.

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At our Stowe transfer station, glass containers are collected in a separate recycling stream and lids can stay ON.

DID YOU KNOW?
Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for four hours, power a computer for 30 minutes, or operate a television for 20 minutes.

GLASS BOTTLE REDEMPTION + DONATION OPTIONS
Thanks to Vermont’s bottle bill, many glass bottles (soda, beer, liquor) can be redeemed for 5 cents apiece at a certified redemption center. Or, you can bring your cans (and glass bottles) to our Stowe site to redeem or donate the redemption amount to United Way Lamoille County and the Lamoille Community Food Share.

Starting December 1st, the Stowe Transfer Station will no longer be a redemption center, and the Lamoille Area Cancer Network will be overseeing the collection of redeemable cans and bottles for charity. All proceeds will go toward the mission of their organization. Donations to the LACN can also be brought to the Johnson and Morrisville transfer stations during normal operating hours.