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NQAS

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7. Here - northern new England ...

Reply to Shermann (Reply #6)

Sat Jul 17, 2021, 08:19 PM

Jul 2021

The recyclers only accept 1 and 2. I don’t know why, but the town recycling station says there appears to be no market for those plastics.

One interesting development is that they are now excepting a fairly wide range of plastic bags on behalf of the Lions, who then sell it to Trex for recycling into decking. This includes the plastics you get at the store for produce, the plastic for bags of ice, and feed bags. So that’s a nice development.

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Jug or tub? [View all] Shermann Jul 2021 OP

Look for the number in the triangle on the bottom. NQAS Jul 2021 #1

Well the recyclers don't provide convenient recycling code charts Shermann Jul 2021 #6

Here - northern new England ... NQAS Jul 2021 #7

That is a very interesting development regarding the bags Shermann Jul 2021 #8

plasticfilmrecycling.org eppur_se_muova Jul 2021 #13

Around here we aren't supposed to put the caps in the same bin as the jugs captain queeg Jul 2021 #2

My recycler has provided decent clarity about that Shermann Jul 2021 #5

Ha ha heh...I laughed a little bit, I thought at first this was talking about moonshine, whether SWBTATTReg Jul 2021 #3

I only drink moonshine from a mason jar Shermann Jul 2021 #4

That's pretty good too. Moonshine tastes good no matter what it is served in. Ha ha heh... SWBTATTReg Jul 2021 #11

Many of the legal ones are just 80 proof Shermann Jul 2021 #12

"Plastic Recycling is an Actual Scam" caraher Jul 2021 #9

I don't think it is quite as bad as the video suggests Shermann Jul 2021 #10