Glass bottles, jars and jugs cannot go in your mixed recycling bin. The City of Boise has 10 glass recycling collection sites where you can safely drop off your glass for free. The City also offers monthly curbside glass collection.
- You can find a map of Boise glass recycling collection sites here.
- Monthly curbside glass collection costs about $7 per can per month.
- Remember to remove any lids, caps or corks from your glass recyclables before putting them in your bin or dropping them off at a collection site.
( Below is the transcript from the broadcast story)
“One of the questions we get is ‘Why can’t I recycle glass in Boise’ and the good news is you can,” said Melissa Stoner with the City of Boise’s Public Works Department.
She tells me they get a lot of questions about what people should do with their glass.
“It’s easy to recycle your glass in Boise. People want to know what they can recycle so they can recycle basically bottles, jugs and jars,” Stoner added.
Stoner tells me some items, although made of glass, actually can’t be recycled.