Response 3814695

Response to request for information

Reference

3814695

Response date

19 September 2025

Request

• The total number of glass recycling sites/bottle banks that are currently operational in your council area.
• The number of glass recycling sites/bottle banks that have been removed or closed in your council area in each of the last ten full financial years, plus the current financial year so far.
• The locations of these closed sites, the dates of their removal/closure, and reasons for their removal/closure.
• Details of any glass recycling sites/bottle banks which have opened in your council area in each of the last ten full financial years, plus the current financial year so far.
• Details of the frequency of kerbside glass collections carried out in your council area and any changes in their frequency in each of the last ten full financial years, plus the current financial year so far.
• Details of the volume of glass that can be collected in a single kerbside collection for an individual household and any changes to this volume over the last ten full financial years, plus the current financial year so far.
• Details of the criteria for kerbside glass collection in your council area and any changes to this over the last ten full financial years, plus the current financial year so far.
• Details of any plans to change the frequency and/or volume of kerbside glass collections carried out in your council area in the future. If your council does not currently provide kerbside glass collection, please provide details of any plans to introduce it in the future.

Response

In relation to glass 'bring' sites, details requested are provided below:

The total number of glass recycling sites/bottle banks that are currently operational in your council area. 

• Response - 50

The number of glass recycling sites/bottle banks that have been removed or closed in your council area in each of the last ten full financial years, plus the current financial year so far.

• Response - This information is unavailable and not held

The locations of these closed sites, the dates of their removal/closure, and reasons for their removal/closure.

• Response - This information is unavailable and not held

Details of any glass recycling sites/bottle banks which have opened in your council area in each of the last ten full financial years, plus the current financial year so far.

• Response - This information is unavailable and not held although in the current financial year no sites have been added or removed