Recycling window panes

[0Floz0]

Hey everyone

I’ve just changed 19 panes of double glazing in my conservatory. I’m really struggling to find a place to take the old planes to recycle. All the local tips just keep saying chuck it in landfill which seems a shame as it’s so easily recycled.

I’ve asked local allotments, put it on marketplace. Etc. no luck there.

Is there anywhere that recycles glass window panes (double glazed) for free? I’m based in Warwickshire if that helps.

Cheers

 

[Tigercubrider]

Maybe ask local glaziers? Most seem to have a skip at their base.
Might not be free, but a drink or two might cover it?

 

[0Floz0]

Maybe ask local glaziers? Most seem to have a skip at their base.
Might not be free, but a drink or two might cover it?

I asked where I bought the new panes from but they didn’t want it. The other one near me are quite pricey so assume they’d only do it for a decent payout. Amazing how hard it is seeing how easy it is to recycle them.

 

[mattylad]

Try and offer them on your local Freegle, Freecycle, Facebook waste saver groups.
People may want them for garden cloche's or growing frames etc.

 

[ronniecabers]

Maybe ask local glaziers? Most seem to have a skip at their base.
Might not be free, but a drink or two might cover it?

Why would a local company want to take 19 sealed units...for a drink or two? Have you seen the price of skips lately? I know it sounds harsh and unkind but at the price of skips, and the fact they didn't fit them I can see their point. One or two sealed units maybe but 19...

Most recycling sites round here will take sealed units , for a fee per unit, from non trade. Offering them for ' cloches' is about the only thing that they are good for I'm afraid.

 

[RandomGrinch]

Around my way, the sealed units go into the hardcore skip - at least it's slightly better than landfill.

I was also surprised recently, disposing of a large outdoor glass top table - despite the size of the glass, I was told to put it in the metal skip; there was just about enough aluminium in the frame to make it worthwhile for them to recycle.
Glass on that scale, seems to be treated as a waste product.

 

[aveatry]

So much for the eco value of sealed units that do not last and have to be replaced and then the glass is not recycled either. I went through the same thing - contacted local allotment societies to no avail and took them to the tip, I think they had a sheet glass skip so not sure if it was recycled or not.

 

[0Floz0]

Around my way, the sealed units go into the hardcore skip - at least it's slightly better than landfill.

I was also surprised recently, disposing of a large outdoor glass top table - despite the size of the glass, I was told to put it in the metal skip; there was just about enough aluminium in the frame to make it worthwhile for them to recycle.
Glass on that scale, seems to be treated as a waste product.

Yeah. I guess it’s the spacers that make them a problem maybe? Whereas glass bottles can just be melted down easily. Annoying though when you try to do the right thing.

So much for the eco value of sealed units that do not last and have to be replaced and then the glass is not recycled either. I went through the same thing - contacted local allotment societies to no avail and took them to the tip, I think they had a sheet glass skip so not sure if it was recycled or not.

Yeah I’m surprised by some of the things that are so difficult to recycle but arguably, shouldn’t be.

 

[ronniecabers]

Spacer bar , sealant , dessicant... the glass itself is sometimes crushed and used as Road plainings

 

[0Floz0]

Just had them collected from someone on marketplace. Really nice bloke as well!

Cheers all

 

[ronniecabers]

Good result

 

[aveatry]

What is he going to do with them

 

[0Floz0]

What is he going to do with them

Making a greenhouse with them.