After many folk asking, following the launch of our new recycling bins, Dumfries and Galloway Council have delivered a brand new glass/ jar/ bottle recycling ‘bin’ behind the toilet block at the Quay End.

The council suggest that whilst there is no need to separate glass colours, “just rinse, remove lids and tops and put them into the recycling point“.

Please remember that sound travels, so do please be considerate with your timing…

***Note that e.g. Pyrex glass, window pane glass and drinking glasses can’t go into the bottle bank – see this A to Z list for more, and where you can take them for recyling or disposal.***

The council website also tells us that:

“In 2022, the Scottish Government is also introducing a new Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) on certain drinks containers, including glass. Scotland’s DRS expects to see 85% of glass drinks bottles returned via the scheme rather than being collected by us at the kerbside for recycling.

Once DRS is introduced, shoppers will pay a deposit of 20p for drinks containers at point of purchase. The deposit is refunded when you return the container to a retailer/collection point. The retailers will send the ’empties’ on for recycling.

For further information visit: www.depositreturn.scot

Once DRS is operational, we will only be collecting a small percentage of the glass items we currently collect, making kerbside collections for glass unsustainable and not cost-effective at this time.”

 

With many thanks to Alison Robertson for the photos!