Posted by me on June 29, 2009, 7:25 pm
>Put it in the recycling bin anyway, it probably won't make any difference and
>maybe if enough of them get tossed in the bin somebody will figure out how to
>recycle them..
Not true!
Only 1 and 2 get recycled
Posted by The Real Bev on June 29, 2009, 9:01 pm
me@privacy.net wrote:
>
>>Put it in the recycling bin anyway, it probably won't make any difference and
>>maybe if enough of them get tossed in the bin somebody will figure out how to
>>recycle them..
>
> Not true!
>
> Only 1 and 2 get recycled
1 in 2 WHAT?
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Posted by Don Klipstein on June 29, 2009, 10:11 pm
>me@privacy.net wrote:
>>
>>>Put it in the recycling bin anyway, it probably won't make any difference and
>>>maybe if enough of them get tossed in the bin somebody will figure out how to
>>>recycle them..
>>
>> Not true!
>>
>> Only 1 and 2 get recycled
>1 in 2 WHAT?
I think me@privacy.net is referring to plastic objects having recycling
symbols (triangles made with three bent arrows) that have the numerals 1
or 2 in them. 1 is polyethylene terephthalate, and 2 is high density
polyethylene. Many recycling facilities that take plastics for recycling
only take 1 and 2, sometimes even only if they are plastic food and
beverage containers.
Plastic grocery bags may even be incompatible with other plastics of
same recycling symbol, due to often having photodegration-enabling
additives. Nowadays, many supermarkets are accepting plastic bags for
recycling.
There are other recycling symbol numbers for other plastics, such as
polystyrene (6), polypropylene (5), and low density polyethylene (I forget
whether that is 3 or 4).
- Don Klipstein (don@misty.com)
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>maybe if enough of them get tossed in the bin somebody will figure out how to
>recycle them..