How to: recycle glass

Recycling Jackson accepts glass bottles, as do most of the in-town drop-off sites.

Here are some guidelines, thanks to Better Homes and Gardens, and what to do and not do with your glass.

Do recycle

unbroken food and beverage containers, such as applesauce jars, ketchup bottles, wine and beer bottles.

Don't recycle

baking dishes, ceramics, windows, mirrors, and vases. They're made differently than containers and can contaminate. Donate household goods (like the baking dishes and vases).

Eventually, your recycled glass becomes food containers, tiles, landscaping and fish bowl pebbles, and road surfacing (kind of weird to think about, isn't it?).

Really, we just like the cool shattering sound when you toss a glass bottle in with the rest.