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title: "New Bins Make It Clear: Toss Your Glass Waste Here"
date: 2024-02-14T05:30:00-05:00
author: University of Maryland
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# New Bins Make It Clear: Toss Your Glass Waste Here

*February 14, 2024* — by [Maggie Haslam](/author/maggie-haslam)


> Recycling Bins Added to Locations Across Campus

*I Stock 1411676952 recycling 1920x1080 — The six new purple dumpsters for glass recycling (below) will triple the number now available on campus.*

Coke bottles, pickle jars and fancy yogurt containers (we’re looking at you, Yoplait) once bound for the trash now have a new destination—and will find new life—as part of University of Maryland’s efforts to expand glass recycling on campus.

Day-Glo purple glass recycling dumpsters will debut later this month alongside their familiar blue counterparts for paper, metal and plastic outside of Van Munching Hall, in the Denton community and on Fraternity Row.


*purple recycling dumpster*



**Sidebar note:**

Not all glass is created equal. Here’s what types of products can go into UMD’s purple bins—and what you should send to the landfill:

**RECYCLE:** Empty, rinsed glass bottles and jars or all colors, unbagged. Their paper labels and metal caps and lids can be included.

**TOSS:** Lamps or bulbs (which CAN be disposed of through Environmental Safety), lab glass and miscellaneous glass like Pyrex containers, windows, ceramics and mirrors.

Learn more at [recycle.umd.edu](https://facilities.umd.edu/services/recycling-waste-management).





**Topics:** [Campus & Community](https://today.umd.edu/tags/campus-community)



**Units:** [Facilities Management](https://today.umd.edu/topic/facilities-management)