Which plastic is not recyclable?
Number 1: PETE or PET
1 plastic is normally clear in color and most commonly found in items like soda bottles, water bottles, peanut butter jars, salad dressing bottles, medicine containers and vinegar bottles. No. 1 plastics are recyclable and can be picked up by most curbside recycling programs.
Is #1 plastic recyclable?
You can put plastic #5 containers in your recycling. If a container once held food, empty and scrape the container as well as you can before recycling it. Containers with food and liquids can contaminate whole batches of recycling and are often sent to a landfill.
Is #5 plastic recyclable?
Generally, most recyclers accept plastics #1 and #2. Plastics #3 to #6 are more difficult to recycle, and some recycling centers do not process them. Plastic #7 is even more challenging to recycle and is almost always excluded.