Environmental Health : How to Recycle Plastic

Recycling plastics is extremely important to keep it out of the landfills, storm drains and wilderness. Find out what types of plastics are recyclable and throw away the rest with helpful information from an avid environmentalist in this free video on environmental health.

Expert: Ray Olson
Contact: www.cityofventura.net/public_works/maintenance_ser
Bio: Ray Olson is the director of The City of Ventura Environmental Services Office, which is committed to environment preservation through innovative waste reduction and pollution prevention programs.
Filmmaker: Rich Burlingham

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[cyeh3]

#5 plastic is found in yogurt containers, prescription bottles, and other food containers. This type is made to withstand moisture. Preserve has a program called Gimme 5 that'll take all kinds of #5 containers and recycles them into new products. Toothbrushes can even be sent in.

TerraCycle also takes certain yogurt cups.

The plastic caps on soda bottles are usually #5 also. They are different than ones on some water bottles. To tell, it shouldn't be easy to bend/break by hand.

[cyeh3]

Not much helpful info. Here is some:  there are currently 7 types of plastic. The type can usually be found on the bottom of the product/container. #7 is a blend of diff. types and thus unrecyclable so far.

#1 and #2 plastics can usually be taken from curbside recycling.

#3 is used for gift cards, PVC (tubing), and some items that are less-commonly thrown out. EarthWorks takes cards(except credit and debit) and other #3 plastics.

[vekka220]

I burn my plastic with the rest of my trash.

[FIGGY909]

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[PlasticPlanetMovie]

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[vicke123]

yogurt

[NottzLawson]

Is he wearing a wig?

If he is, its not very convincing.

[JavlinVII]

Burn the Trees, Nuke the Whales, Club the Seals!

Long Live Humanity, The Almighty Consumer!

[luckyspencer007]

You need a better spokesman, farmer Billy over here isnt persuading me too much

[cyeh3]

A company called Aveda will take the caps and use them to bottle their own products. They have many drop-off locations too. Prescription bottles(like the orange ones) can be reused by the P.R.O. program started by Jacob WIllard. He properly cleans them and gives them to a free clinic-type place.

#6 is usually styrofoam. Timbron will accept it if it's clean. UPS stores may take packing peanuts, but check ahead as each store is individually operated.