Glass cookware

These types of glass products cannot go in the recycling at home. You can take them to a north London reuse and recycling centre, or put them in the

The type of glass used in microwave plates, pyrex and plate glass melts at a different temperature from the glass used for bottles and jars. This means that if the plate, pyrex or microwave glass is mixed with bottle and jar glass it causes imperfections in the end product. If plate glass or pyrex enters the glass recycling process it can result in new containers being rejected. It is therefore not something that either the smelting plant or the manufacturers want and it should therefore not be included in your recycling.