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Solid Waste How to Identify & Rezycle Plastic

Solid Waste Rezycle

solid waste logoWe are accepting all plastics for recycling.

Put all of your plastics together and we will pick them up and sort them at the station. We dont want to see any plastics going into landfills.

 

Plastics Broken Down:

Number 1 Plastics: PET or PETE (polyethelene terephthalate)

#1 Plastics are found in:

  • Pop bottles
  • Water bottles
  • Beer bottles
  • Mouthwash bottles
  • Peanut butter conatiners
  • Salad dressing and vegetable oil containers
  • Microwaveable food trays
  • &more

Can be recycled into:

  • Polar fleece
  • Fiber
  • Tote bags
  • Furniture
  • Carpet
  • Paneling
  • Straps
  • New containers (occasionally)
plastics 2 Number 2 Plastics: HDPE (high density polyethylene)

#2 Plastics are found in:

  • Milk jugs
  • Juice bottles
  • Bleach
  • Detergent
  • Household cleaner bottles
  • Shampoo bottles
  • Some trash/shopping bags
  • Cereal box liners
  • & more

Can be recycled into:

  • Laundry detergent bottles
  • Oil bottles
  • Pens
  • Recycling containers
  • Floor tile
  • Drainage pipe
  • Lunber
  • Benches
  • Doghouses
  • Picnic tables
  • Fencing
  • Toothbrushes
  • More
plastics 3 Number 3 Plastics: PVC (Polyvinyl chloride) or V (Vinyl)

#3 Platics are found in:

  • Window Cleaner bottles
  • Detergent bottles
  • Shampoo bottles
  • Cooking oil bottles
  • Clear food packaging
  • Wire jacketing
  • Medical equipment
  • Siding
  • Windows

Can be recycled into:

  • Decks
  • Paneling
  • Mudflaps
  • Roadway gutters
  • Flooring
  • Cables
  • Speed bumps
  • Mats
  • More
plastics 4 Number 4 Plastics: LDPE (low density polyethylene)

#4 Plastics are found in:

  • Squeezable bottles
  • Bread bags
  • Frozen food bags
  • drycleaning bags
  • Shopping bags
  • Tote bags
  • Clothing
  • Furniture
  • Carpet
  • & more

Can be recycled into:

  • Trash can liners
  • Trash cans
  • Compost bins
  • Shipping envelopes
  • Paneling
  • Lumber
  • landscaping ties
  • Floor tile
  • & more
plastics 5 Number 5 Plastics: PP (polypropylene)

#5 Plastics are found in:

  • Some yogurt containers
  • Cottage & sour cream containers
  • Syrup bottles
  • Ketchup bottles
  • Caps
  • Straws
  • Medicine bottles
  • Plastic clamshells
  • & more

Can be recycled into:

  • Signal lights
  • Battery cables
  • Brooms
  • Brushes
  • Auto battery cases
  • Landscape borders
  • Bicycle racks
  • Rakes
  • Bins
  • Pallets
  • Trays
  • & more
Plastics 6 Number 6 Plastics: PS (polystyrene)

#6 Plastics are found in:

  • Disposable plates and cups
  • Meat trays
  • Egg cartons
  • Carry-out containers
  • Aspirin bottles
  • Compact disc cases
  • & more

Can be recycled into:

  • Insulation
  • Light switch plates
  • Egg cartons
  • Vents
  • Rulers
  • Foam packing
  • Carry-out containers
  • & more
Number 7 Plastics: Miscellaneous

#7 Plastics are found in:

  • Three and five gallon water bottles
  • 'bullet-proof' materials
  • Sunglasses
  • DVD's
  • iPod and computer cases
  • Signs and displays
  • Certain food containers
  • Nylon
  • & more

Number 7 plastics have traditionally not been recycled, though some curbside programs now take them.

Can be recycle into:

  • Plastic lumber
  • Other custom-made products

Polycarbonate is number 7, and is the hard plastic that has parents worried these days, after studies have shown it can leach potential hormone disruptors.

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