recycling symbol

A:No - a lot of plastics can't be recycled because they contain dyes and other additives that can't be removed from the plastic polymer. Adding plastics that can't be recycled to your recyclables makes a lot of trouble for those trying to sort - meaning increased manpower and increased cost to recycle. (and not all plastics that DO have the recycling symbol can be recycled in your area, e.g. NYC will recycle bottles made of #1, but not take out containers due to the WAY the plastic was formed - blown versus molded). Anyway, the most eco-friendly thing to do is buy a bar of glycerin (vegetable based) soap which foams up just as well on your pouff and doesn't have a bottle, and write Suave an email telling them why you won't use their body wash anymore. :-) p.s. vegetable based soaps are better anyway - the others contain phthalates and are PETROLEUM based which means that you're diverting oil from energy to soap - imagine how much cheaper oil would be if we all used vegetable based shampoos, dish soap, laundry detergent, etc!

A:generally recyclables are separated and not trash, so i'd say u're fine.

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A:These are not dangerous. That tells you the type of plastic that the container is made of. When plastics are recycled, they must be sorted based on the plastic type. Since it is not always evident which plastic is which, the type is labeled with a sorting number.

A:Because recycling companies only want plastics they can sell. Things like polystyrene are SO cheap to make that collecting and re-processing them does not make economic sense. Some plastics like polypropylene or vinyl are either difficult to re-process due to the nature of the plastic, or are used in small volume/niche products that make collection too difficult.