Jam Jar Lids: Where to Recycle Them?
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Where do you recycle them? I read that you keep them on the glass jars when you take them to recycle at glass bottle banks
What’s the point cause the glass jars gets shattered when they are dropped inside the recycling banks
Thought the jam jar lids can be placed on green recycling bins guess you cannot do that
Our pink recycling sacks are for glass, cardboard/paper and metal so I put them in with the jam jars but lid off.
Wash your Jar then put the lid back on and throw It In your green recycling bin. It always gets picked up. It will tell you on your local council website whats allowed and whats not.
kitty88uk How strange. I just checked my local council and this Is what It reads:
Box one (green)
plastic including all white, clear, coloured or opaque plastic packaging
metal including foil, tins, cans, lids from jars, tin trays and empty aerosols
paper including newspaper, magazines, catalogues, white or coloured paper, but excluding brown paper which goes with cardboard in box two.
Sorry I forgot:
Box two (black or green)
all types of cardboard (flattened), including brown paper
cartons including Tetra Paks (wash and squash)
glass bottles and jars (rinse and make sure they are visible in your box and not in plastic bags)
I guess the recycling is different for wherever you live at! 
I always wash out glass bottles and jars for bottle banks. The lids go into the blue bin for recycling. I find my food bin has reduced to only one bag of rubbish every fortnight. Recycling bin is full to the top so I’m doing everything right.
SaveMeSunday haha was just thinking 
about it while I was clearing out the cupboards suddenly saw lots of glass jars 
took them to recycle
I give my to uncle he uses them for homemade jam of for storage for screws or bits and bobs
sauces, honey 
etc!! 
I never knew that! I keep all my jam jars for the allotment and seed saving anyway.Some I save coins in..er when I have any left that is!I keep pens in some jars as well and herbs as well!
MelissaLee1 yeah that’s great to reuse glass jars
Yeah I did use one to store jelly beans 
and another for mints
They do come in handy!
Otherwise I take the glass jars to recycle
kitty88uk Oh I love jelly beans but they get stuck in the jar ..er when I don't eat them at break neck speed lol
MelissaLee1 yeah haha 
that’s the problem with using glass jars the candies 
get stuck at the bottom! 
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