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  2. What plastics can you recycle? Here’s a handy list - AOL

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    Bottles and jugs marked with recycling symbols 1 and 2 are usually recyclable. Plastics marked 3, 4, 6 or 7 are seldom recycled. A new report from Greenpeace finds that as little as 5 percent of ...

  3. Can You Recycle Bottle Caps? What to Know Before Recycling ...

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    Here are the steps you can take to always recycle your bottle caps correctly: Find out if bottle caps (both plastic and metal) are recyclable in your area.

  4. Container deposit legislation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Canned wine with Iowa 5¢ and Maine 15¢ insignia Cans discarded less than two years after the Oregon Bottle Bill was passed.. California (5¢; for bottles 24 U.S. fl oz (710 mL) or greater, 10¢; boxed wine, wine pouches and cartons 25¢), California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act (AB 2020) implemented in 1987, last revision made January 2024.

  5. Everyday Items That You Can Recycle for Money - AOL

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    Recycling centers may require you to remove bottle caps, rinse and bag bottles in certain increments, or sort and tie together cardboard. Checking the rules before you go will save you time later.

  6. Recycling in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Stanolind Recycling Plant was in operation as early 1947. [32] Another early recycling mill was Waste Techniques, built in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania in 1972. [citation needed] Waste Techniques was sold to Frank Keel in 1978, and resold to BFI in 1981. Woodbury, New Jersey, was the first city in the United States to mandate recycling. [33]

  7. Recycling codes - Wikipedia

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    Recycling codes on products. Recycling codes are used to identify the materials out of which the item is made, to facilitate easier recycling process.The presence on an item of a recycling code, a chasing arrows logo, or a resin code, is not an automatic indicator that a material is recyclable; it is an explanation of what the item is made of.

  8. Bottle recycling - Wikipedia

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    Recycling one glass bottle can save enough energy to power a computer for 25 minutes. [5] In fact for every 10% of cullet added to the production of a new bottle, energy usage goes down by 3-4%. [2] Recycling one ton of glass can save approximately 42 kWh of energy which translates to 7.5 pounds of air pollutants not being released into the ...

  9. 6 Plastic Items You Should Never Recycle - AOL

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    Until recently, you couldn’t recycle the lids that screwed off plastic bottles. Thanks to some recent technological changes, however, more recycling centers can now accept them.