How don bottle caps and can lids have plastic recycling codes?
The reason why we ask you to take the lids off your plastic drinks and milk bottles before putting the bottles in your blue bag for recycling is that the lids are made from a different type of plastic than the bottle. Mixing these with the bottles would cause contamination of the polymer type and therefore reduce both the quality and value of the material. This can also have implications on the intended end-use of the recycled material due to the contamination’s impact on end-product consistency. Sources: http://www.tandridge.gov.uk/faq/faq.htm?
Free Standard Shipping with code: 06-001345 … Recycle your plastic bottle caps! « on: April 16, 2009, 02:54:03 PM » … I don’t put the lids back on anything, so they can air dry. … We have a recycling sheet that tells you what numbers are able to be recycled, that you have to rinse them, etc. and it doesn’t … Sources: vegweb.com/index.php?topic=27543.
Free Standard Shipping with code: 06-001345 … Recycle your plastic bottle caps! « on: April 16, 2009, 02:54:03 PM » … I don’t put the lids back on anything, so they can air dry. … We have a recycling sheet that tells you what numbers are able to be recycled, that you have to rinse them, etc. and it doesn’t …
