Can any sort of plastic be recycled? I have a bin liner full of plastics from milk cartons to carrier bags to take to the recycling centre. Will they accept all types or just certain type? Thanks.x
2007-10-06 03:58:20 · 13 answers · asked by chickadee 4 in Environment ➔ Green Living
Huh - don't start me on this. I carefully saved two black bag full - yogurt pots etc all with the recycle logo on them. They aren't allowed in our green bin though. So I trotted off to the recycling centre - guess where I had to put them all??
Yep, into the same skip as all the plastic I CAN put into the green bin. And the tetra packs (milk cartons etc) all went into the cardboard????? Thought the metal in them wasn't right for cardboard recyling.
2007-10-06 04:02:31 · answer #1 · answered by Sal*UK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nor sure about the UK, but on main land Europe, including Turkey, plastic bottles which are suitable for recycling have a triangular mark on them and the letters PET.
Where I live, plastic bags, including refuse bags, which we have to buy, are biodegradable and have been for more than 15 years. We have separate recycling containers for plastic milk bottles.
2007-10-07 11:55:16 · answer #2 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on where you are - in one recycling centre we have huge open bin and we put every thing in, but at another the bin only has a small hole and says soft plastics only. Now we leave the bottle caps on, but not long age we had to remove them. Ask when you get there, as you don't want to contaminate the bins so they cannot send it to where ever it goes.
We get a separate box for the tetra packs now.
2007-10-06 11:08:58 · answer #3 · answered by Sue J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on WHERE you live [all counties are different] there should be a LIST telling you what kinds of plastic can be recycled. For example, where I live only plastics labeled (1) and (2) can be recycled... and other numbers can NOT.
Look at the bottom of each plastic item -- it will be labeled w. a number [usually 1 - 6]. Depending on where you live, each county will designate what NUMBERS can be recycled : )
Here is more info:
http://www.container-recycling.org/plastic_rates.htm?gclid=CIrR1NbH-o4CFQOkHgodI3eGuA
Hope this helps! : )
2007-10-06 11:15:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Ca it has to be sorted. Water/clear bottles, milk bottles, green/brown bottles and by types of plastic. Contact your recycle center to see what they take.
2007-10-08 22:47:24 · answer #5 · answered by K M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
amazingly some `recycled ` plastics can not be recycled again.
could some one explain the sense of that.
2007-10-07 09:49:24 · answer #6 · answered by HaSiCiT Bust A Tie A1 TieBusters 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our Tesco's recycling center takes all.
2007-10-09 08:37:09 · answer #7 · answered by Gender Bender 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all kinds, only certain ones. Look on your city's website and see if it says which types they want.
2007-10-10 01:39:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are in any doubt what can or can not be recycled... throw it all in the bin
2007-10-06 11:12:05 · answer #9 · answered by RAH RAH 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
get in contact with whoever does your recycling.
2007-10-06 11:46:10 · answer #10 · answered by John Sol 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋