The bottom of plastic automotive oil containers has a recyclable symbol. Why does the recycling truck driver always leave them in my blue box?
While the plastic that oil containers are made of is recyclable (hence the symbol), the problem stems from the fact that the oil in the container gets absorbed right into the plastic, contaminating the plastic for recycling purposes. Companies that purchase this high density polyethylene plastic (code 2) quite simply do not want to accept loads of plastic that contain empty oil containers. To ensure that our loads of plastic are not rejected as contaminated, we do everything we can to ensure that these loads do not contain empty oil containers.
