I received a question about recycling #5 plastic this morning and I thought I should share the recycling options. #5 plastic is most commonly used for yogurt cups, butter containers, and some take out containers. Here are a couple options for recycling #5 plastic…
1) Here is a link to the City of Coon Rapids recycling center. They accept #1, #2, #4, #5, and #6 plastic that is labeled with the plastic number. http://www.ci.coon-rapids.mn.us/recycling/recyclecenter.htm
2) You can also recycle #5 plastic containers at the Whole Foods grocery store in Minneapolis or St. Paul or you can mail #5 to the “gimme five” program. Here is a link on this http://www.preserveproducts.com/recycling/gimme5.html
We are always trying to add more plastic items to our curbside recycling program, but no contractor offered this service when we went out for bid last year. Happy Recycling!
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What plastic numbers do the curbside pickup take? Can I recycle any #1 or #2 stamped plastic, or just bottles?
If I can for some and not others, why? What's the difference?
Thanks for the comment Pete. Our curbside program only takes #1 and #2 plastic bottles. I struggle with this one as well and what I've been told is that not all #1's or #2's are created equal. There are many variations in the polymers (chemistry) of the items stamped #1 or #2. During our last bid request, we asked recycling haulers to provide pricing for taking more types of plastics, but no one offered to do this right now. Stay tuned, we will keep asking, but the real bottleneck is that these materials have to be made into new products. Thanks for recycling!
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