Plastic bags collected at the curb get caught in our sorting equipment, cost our program money and are not recycled. While white foam cups and containers often have a #6 on the bottom, they are not a recyclable plastic. These products can be easily avoided for their safer, reusable or recyclable counterparts.
you can also help conserve the additional 80% of energy that’s typically used when making new plastic bottles, containers and other items instead of recycling. It’s easy to see why recycling plastic is so important. Baled plastics, specifically plastic bottles, have a high scrap value per ton.
High-Density Polyethylene. It is most commonly found in plastic bags, oil and detergent bottles, and toys. It is one of the simplest polymers to recycle. It is broken down into flakes, decontaminated and then reused for pipes, flower pots or reused as (non-food) bottles.
Used in a fabric, it’s most often referred to as “polyester” or “poly”. The majority of the world’s PET production – about 60% – is used to make fibers for textiles; about 30% is used to make bottles.
