Waste Streams
Glass Recycling
Reliable and compliant collection and recycling of glass bottles and jars from your business
A Clear Solution for Your Glass Waste
Our dedicated glass collection vehicles allow for simple and cost-effective glass waste management for businesses of all sizes. We provide commercial glass recycling and collection across Kent and the South East, from a single restaurant or bar to large multi-site operations. By choosing Countrystyle, you ensure your glass waste is handled efficiently, compliantly and with sustainability in mind. It’s an easy, fully compliant route for commercial glass disposal that turns your used bottles and jars back into new glass.
The Glass Journey
From busy pubs and restaurants to retailers and events venues, glass adds up fast.
Our commercial glass recycling gives Kent and South East businesses a simple, compliant way to keep bottles and jars out of general waste.
Why Recycle Glass Waste?
Good for the planet, your business, and your budget
Recycling glass has multiple benefits for both the environment and your business. By recycling glass, we help to conserve natural resources and save significant energy that would be used in the manufacturing of new glass. It also ensures you remain compliant with new and existing legislation, helps lower your disposal costs with the correct segregation and can boost your green credentials.
What can I put in my glass bin?
Our commercial glass recycling service is for container glass, the glass bottles and jars your business gets through every day. We accept them empty and in any colour, so there is no need to sort clear, green and brown glass yourself.
Waste types we do not accept
See our waste spec or ask about other solutions.
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Hazardous & Clinical Waste
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Sheet Glass
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Pyrex & Crystal Glass
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Broken Ceramics & Crockery
Glass Bins and Containers to Suit Your Site
Whatever volume of glass your business gets through, we’ll match you to the right bins and containers, so you only pay for the capacity you actually use. Not sure what fits? Our team will recommend the most cost-effective set-up for your glass waste collection.
Our wheeled, glass-only bins suit steady, everyday volumes. Ideal for offices, shops and smaller venues that need a tidy, space-saving glass bin collection.
For events venues, hotels and the largest sites, roll-on roll-off (RoRo) containers take serious volumes of glass, keeping bottles and jars clear with fewer interruptions to your day.
Rear End Loaders hold far more than a wheeled bin, making them a practical choice for pubs, bars and restaurants looking for high-volume commercial glass collection.
A Strategic Partnership for Your Business Waste
Initial Consultation
A Tailored Proposal
Our team will provide you with a detailed proposal, covering logistics, compliance documentation, and sustainability reporting.
Join
From minute one you’ll receive dedicated management, transparent data reporting and seamless integration to suit you and help you meet your ESG goals.
Commercial Glass Recycling Across Kent and the South East
Areas We Cover
We’ve been an independent, family-run waste management company since 1996, based in Kent and offering commercial glass waste collection across Kent, London and the South East. From Canterbury and Dover to Ashford, Maidstone and Thanet, we serve businesses region-wide, with glass processed through our recycling hub at Ridham.
Wherever you’re based, ask whether we can collect from your site.
For More Specialised Waste Streams
Other Waste Streams
Commercial glass recycling is only part of what we do. Take a look at our other waste streams, spanning food waste collections and dry mixed recycling, general waste and confidential shredding, and see how much more of your site’s collections we can manage as a single, trusted partner.
Frequently Asked Questions
Don’y see your question? Call our sales team on 01233 554974.
We recycle container glass: glass bottles and jars in any colour, whether clear, green or brown. We cannot accept window glass, Pyrex, drinking glasses, ceramics, light bulbs or mirrors, as these are made differently and contaminate the process.
Your glass is collected in a glass-only vehicle and taken to a specialist facility, where it is crushed into cullet, sorted by colour and cleaned of contamination. It is then remelted to make new bottles and jars, and because glass recycles endlessly, the same material can be used again and again.
Yes. We supply a full range of glass bins and containers, from wheeled glass-only bins to bigger options such as roll-on roll-off containers for higher volumes. Our team can help recommend the right glass bin collection for your site.
Yes. Under the Simpler Recycling rules, businesses in England with 10 or more employees must separate glass and other dry recyclables from general waste. A dedicated commercial glass collection helps you stay compliant and gives you the paperwork to prove it.
We provide commercial glass recycling across Kent, London and the South East, including Canterbury, Dover, Ashford, Maidstone and Thanet, from our recycling hub at Ridham.
You will. We're a licensed waste carrier, so each business glass collection is documented with waste transfer notes and recycling certificates. And because every load is logged and tracked, you'll always have the traceability your records and ESG reporting need.
Strong Partnerships for Lasting Success
If your business gets through bottles and jars, our commercial glass recycling is built for you. We work with customers ranging from pubs, bars and restaurants to hotels, events venues, offices and retailers, right up to multi-site hospitality and leisure operators that need consistent, compliant business glass collections across several locations.