Are peanut butter jars, margarine tubs, and yogurt containers recyclable?
Currently these plastic containers and other wide-mouth plastic containers are not allowed. Only narrow-neck plastic bottles and jugs with a #1 or #2 inside a recycling triangle on or near the bottom are acceptable in the blue bag for curbside recycling. There are seven different types of plastic used to manufacture bottles, jugs, and containers. Each number represents the resin from which the plastic is made. Bottles and jugs are made by a process known as blow molding which produces a thinner plastic to accomplish the handle and/or neck of the bottle or jug. Peanut butter jars and other wide-mouth containers, although made from the same resin, are made by a process known as injection molding which produces a slightly thicker container. Bottles and jugs and the wide-mouth containers break down at different temperatures during processing. If mixed together, the mixture would be contaminated.
