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Find out how to reduce, reuse and recycle particular items in Preston by selecting the letter your item begins with.
Top tip: If you can't find your item try searching for the name of the material first. E.g. plastic tub, cardboard box etc.
Gas bottles/cylinders
![Gas bottles](https://preston.gov.uk/image/9559/Gas-bottles/gi-responsive__100.jpg?m=1643113869903)
Recycle - take to your local household waste and recycling centre
Glass bottles/jars
![Glass jar](https://preston.gov.uk/image/8541/Glass-jar/gi-responsive__100.jpg?m=1633018906447)
Recycle - put in your yellow lidded recycle bin
Glasses (drinking)
![Drinking glass](https://preston.gov.uk/image/8542/Drinking-glass/gi-responsive__100.png?m=1633019188023)
Reuse - give away through Freecycle or Freegle
Reuse - take to your local charity shop
Dispose - wrap up broken glass and place in your grey bin
Glasses (spectacles)
![Pair of glasses](https://preston.gov.uk/image/8543/Pair-of-glasses/gi-responsive__100.png?m=1633019768527)
Reuse - take to your local charity shop
Recycle - ask local opticians whether they have a recycling scheme
Grass cuttings
![Tuft of grass](https://preston.gov.uk/image/9495/Tuft-of-grass/gi-responsive__100.jpg?m=1641910344270)
Recycle - put in your brown (garden waste) recycling bin
Greeting cards (non - glitter)
![Card and envelope](https://preston.gov.uk/image/9354/Card-and-envelope/gi-responsive__100.jpg?m=1639390689220)
Recycle - put in your red lidded recycle bin
*Cards with glitter must be disposed of in your grey bin
Ground coffee
![Ground coffee pile](https://preston.gov.uk/image/8448/Ground-coffee-pile/gi-responsive__100.jpg?m=1632412981320)
Recycle - put in your home compost
Dispose - put in your grey bin