Abstract: A method and a device for charging glass melting plants with bulk materials comprising shards and primary raw materials (raw material batch). The bulk materials are stocked in a silo in which they slide downward due to their weight, then through an outlet onto a device that conveys them to the glass melting plant. The silo has two separate supply containers, a first container accommodates the shards and the second container accommodates the raw material batch. The raw material batch is force-conveyed into the first container via a dosing device situated underneath the outlet of the second container. From the outlet of the first container there exits a mixture of the shards stored in the first container and the raw material batch supplied from the second container. The two combined components are conveyed by at least one withdrawal device to the point of delivery to the glass melting plant.