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I get confused by the different types of yogurt cups. Help?

April 26, 2017confused cups different help types yogurt

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I get confused by the different types of yogurt cups. Help?

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Yogurt containers fall into two basic categories: tubs, and single serve cups. Most tubs, with real lids, are plastic #5, PP, polypropylene and are recyclable. The single serve cups can be made of several different kinds of plastic. Some are also made of #5 plastic, and are recyclable, but many are made of an unlabelled softer, weaker plastic. These “unknown” plastics are not welcome in the recycling stream, so these yogurt containers are garbage. Single serve cups are usually topped with plasticized foil which is not recylable.