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    What You Didn't Know:RECYCLING (plastics)

    By | Author Blog Posts – Mon, Nov 26, 2012 11:25 AM EST

    Recycle symbol button and sticker icon setThe arrows chasing each other means something is recyclable, right? If I put an item with this symbol into my recycling bin its going to get turned into another product and not end up in the landfill or in the stomach of some poor wildlife! It's not so simple!

    While these Plastic Resin Numbers look like they are in the recycling symbol some of them actually DO NOT get recycled. The only highly recyclable numbers are 1 and 2.

    According to the EPA, "The recycling rate for different types of plastic varies greatly, resulting in an overall plastics recycling rate of only 8 percent, or 2.4 million tons in 2010.

    They also stated that "Given the high cost of recycling, type 3 to 7 plastics are rarely recycled"!

    I don't know about you but this was surprising to me as I thought any plastic with the recycling symbol on it meant it was recyclable and would be recycled if I put it in the right bin!

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