Recyclable or Not? Colored Plastics

MELROSE— Simple answer: Black no!

Other colors yes! Plastic bottles, jars, jugs and tubs can be recycled regardless of their color, as long as that color is not black or another really dark color.

The reason black plastic is a no is because recycling facilities sort plastics by bouncing a beam of light off them. Since…

 

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