Abstract: Glassware such as glass bottles and the like is crushed, graded, screened and collected in accordance with the size of the crushed glass. Glassware such as glass bottles is supplied to a glassware charging frame passed to a first crusher and crushed by the first crusher. Metal is removed from the glassware crushed by the first crusher. The thus crushed glassware with iron pieces having been removed is supplied to a last crusher. Glassware crushed by the last crusher is supplied to a sieve device. The glassware crushed by the last crusher is selected in accordance with grain size by the sieve device. The glassware selected in accordance with grain size then is collected.