“Only PET (#1) bottle and HDPE (#2) bottles are recyclable in the United States so don’t put other types of plastics in the recycling bin,” says Jan Dell, a chemical engineer and founder of ...

Each week a garbage truck pulls up and workers collect the contents of your blue bin. Your mixed recycling contains lots of ...

Washington — Plastic recycling rates ... density polyethylene (HDPE), seen in milk jugs, shampoo bottles and cleaning product containers. These are numbered "1" and "2" according to a ...

Is recycling plastic just a feel-good charade ... and high-density polyethylene (HDPE), No. 2, used for milk jugs and shampoo and detergent bottles, are recycled at rates of 20.9% and 10.3% ...

Just 2.4 million tons of that plastic was recycled ... And — again — just because people have access to PET and HDPE recycling facilities doesn’t mean that those products are actually ...

[Related: How to actually recycle.] Last month ... only polyethylene terephthalate (PET) #1 and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) #2 can be claimed as recyclable materials. They are the only ...

What’s more, The Times reached out to municipal and city recycling centers around the state and was unable to find a single one that accepts HDPE bags for recycling. So, is there a solution?

Why do plastic bags look and feel so different to plastic containers, such as soft drink bottles or yogurt tubs? The difference is because there is more than one type of plastic. Plastic is ...

and milk jugs (HDPE) − are like oil and water: Each can be recycled through reprocessing, but they don't mix. If polyethylene and polypropylene aren't completely separated during recycling, the ...