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Plastic Pots
Are plastic pots normally recyclable even though they might not have a
recyclable image on them? |
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Plastic Pots
On Thu, 08 May 2008 12:54:18 +0100, Saxman
wrote and included this (or some of this): Are plastic pots normally recyclable even though they might not have a recyclable image on them? As a rough rule of thumb, recyclable plastic can be stamped on and flattened without splitting or cracking into bits. Plastic pots are brittle and my council would throw them back at me if found in my plastic/bottle box. -- ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°² |
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Plastic Pots
On Thu, 08 May 2008 13:30:52 +0100, ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°²
wrote: On Thu, 08 May 2008 12:54:18 +0100, Saxman wrote and included this (or some of this): Are plastic pots normally recyclable even though they might not have a recyclable image on them? As a rough rule of thumb, recyclable plastic can be stamped on and flattened without splitting or cracking into bits. Plastic pots are brittle and my council would throw them back at me if found in my plastic/bottle box. They all have a number on which indicates what they are. Food containers aren't allowed *yet* in our recycling. (I think they mainly mean meat packaging) -- http://www.freedeliveryuk.co.uk http://www.holidayunder100.co.uk |
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Plastic Pots
®óñ© © ²°¹°-°² wrote:
As a rough rule of thumb, recyclable plastic can be stamped on and flattened without splitting or cracking into bits. Plastic pots are brittle and my council would throw them back at me if found in my plastic/bottle box. That's a good rule of thumb. Some thin plastic that contains cakes, I'm not so sure about. |
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Plastic Pots
On Thu, 8 May 2008 18:10:09 +0100, Charlie Pridham
wrote: Nothing makes my wife crosser than plastic food packaging that has the recycling symbols on it, but that the council won't take, she takes it all back to Tesco and leaves it with customer services (while I try and hide) she has a point though shouldn't be allowed to say its recyclable She sounds fun! I've read that some people strip all the excess packaging at the tills. if they dont recycle it, either that or councils should be made to recycle everything that can be. As for plastic pots, most are not recyclable and some are, they are made out all sorts of different stuff, again daft realy. Most Horticultral and agricultural plastic waste is not recycled due to dirt contamination. I believe most is incinerated. We get told we can only recycle clean foil. They can either wash it themselves or let the dirt burn off when they melt it down. It's be nice if they recycled everything they can rather than burying it - there are technologies to extract the oil from plastics I believe http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn12141 -- http://www.orderonlinepickupinstore.co.uk Ah fetch it yourself if you can't wait for delivery http://www.freedeliveryuk.co.uk http://www.holidayunder100.co.uk |
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