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Handy chart on recyclables. (Original Post) Maraya1969 Apr 2022 OP
Thank you for the info... myccrider Apr 2022 #1
The whole thing confuses me too and some food containers have no number on them. Sometimes I just Maraya1969 Apr 2022 #2
Yep, confusing as heck. Should be part of that Project, too! n/t myccrider Apr 2022 #3

myccrider

(484 posts)
1. Thank you for the info...
Fri Apr 22, 2022, 03:07 PM
Apr 2022

but I think I read somewhere that the only truly recyclable plastics were 1 and 3 (maybe 5, too?). Can’t remember where I read that, though.

There needs to be a Manhattan Project type investment into recycling and/or eliminating and replacing plastics.

Maraya1969

(22,474 posts)
2. The whole thing confuses me too and some food containers have no number on them. Sometimes I just
Fri Apr 22, 2022, 03:15 PM
Apr 2022

throw them away and other times I put them in the recycles.

I wish they would be clearer

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