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caraher

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9. "Plastic Recycling is an Actual Scam"

Reply to Shermann (Original post)

Sun Jul 18, 2021, 12:08 AM

Jul 2021

Those numbers in the triangles are resin identification codes, designed to resemble the "recycling" symbol but, in fact, may or may not have anything whatsoever to do with whether your recycling folks have any use for it.

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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