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Glass bottles and jars

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Glass bottles

Where are they taken?

Smiths (Gloucester) Ltd, Moreton Valence, Gloucester

What happens to it?

Glass bottles are bulked up and sent for recycling by URM at their Knottingley facility. The colours are separated and processed into cullet, ready to be recycled into glass food packaging products.

End market

UK

End products

Recycled into glass food packaging products.

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