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bluesue asked in Environment · 1 decade ago

How do we recycle the plastics with no triangle and number on them?

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Recyclers accept all plastics and sort them at the site.

    As suggested, separate all plastics for recycling.

    Thanks for the consideration.

  • Doug
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    YOU DON'T!!! If there's no # or any symbol on the plastic, recycling plants won't accept it & usually throw them into garbage dumps.

    HOWEVER- remember the 3 R's! Reduce...Reuse...Recycle

    Many items can be reused in your day to day life without sending it to the dump.

    Suggestion regarding this issue:

    Public pressure toward producers of excessive packaging is needed to Reduce the amount of throw away junk humans have created. If we don't force corporations making such packaging to change, we're headed for more trouble, cause many recycling business's don't like it to be known, that if the price of materials collected is too low for a profit... they merely toss the collected recycling you give into a landfill already!

    RECYCLING ISN'T THE FINAL ANSWER! IT'S ONLY A BANDAID TO A GROWING PROBLEM! ATTITUDES MUST CHANGE ABOUT DISPOSABLE ITEMS, CAUSE OUR POPULATION ISN'T GETTING ANY SMALLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Froggy
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    YES - recycle all plastics.

  • 1 decade ago

    draw your own lil triangle with arrows, and put some number in the middle of it, then write like "HDPE","LDPE","PS","V"or"PTFE" under it, and put it in the recycling bin.

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  • 1 decade ago

    then the shouldn't be recycled if they don't have the mark on it

  • 1 decade ago

    no choice but to throw it away

  • 1 decade ago

    Unfortunately, if there's no triangle and number, it is trash. Please throw it away.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    just throw it away..in a trash can

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