Why doesn’t Rumpke Recycling accept all types of plastics?
Rumpke Recycling accepts all plastic bottles. Common plastic bottles include soda bottles, milk jugs, laundry detergent bottles, shampoo bottles, and contact solution bottles. Plastic bottles are manufactured through a process called “blow molding.” The end-users who buy the bottles for manufacturing of new products prefer the “blow molded” plastic bottles for their processes. Other plastics, such as butter tubs and plastic food trays, are manufactured through a process called “injection molding.” These plastics are are not accepted in Rumpke Recycling’s residential programs.
