8. Glass recycling for packaging
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Like other packaging materials, glass has various "end-of-life" options once its contents have been used:
reuse by refilling with the same product; this generally involves returnable packaging integrated into a well-controlled recycling circuit (deposit);
collection as household waste or not, in household waste collection systems, followed by landfilling or incineration with other household waste;
recovery through material recycling in specific collection systems, which will be described at greater length in this article; this is now predominant in most developed countries with a large market for glass packaging not covered by a deposit system.
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