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Broken glass: how to dispose of it in Korea

Collect shards without handling them with bare hands. Do not drop loose pieces into ordinary bottle-glass recycling.

Glass and non-burnable waste

How to dispose of it

  1. Collect shards without handling them with bare hands. Do not drop loose pieces into ordinary bottle-glass recycling.
  2. Wrap sharp edges with thick paper or similar protection and clearly identify the package as broken glass.
  3. Use the non-burnable sack, bag or separate collection method specified locally for the quantity and size.

Before you put it out

  • Wrapping the pieces does not mean that any general-waste bag is acceptable; the local bag or sack requirement still applies.
  • Check bulky-waste instructions for large mirrors or panes that cannot fit safely in the prescribed container.

Sources & local guidance

Prepared by Pixelone, the developer of Korea Recycle Guide. Follow your municipality and building's current instructions when they differ from this general guide.

Guide reviewed: . This is not the source dataset's update date.

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