Why can’t prescription or vitamin bottles be recycled?
Prescription and vitamin bottles go through a different manufacturing process and, as a result, do not have the same melting temperature as other plastic bottles. (You’ll notice they are much, much harder than other narrow-necked bottles.) They have a different consistency at the same melting temperature (sometimes thinking of “soup” versus “pudding” is helpful), making them incompatible in a re-manufacturing process. It’s the same reason plastic bottle tops can’t be recycled, no matter their number.
