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Plastics-by-Number To recycle or not to recycle? BY LISA SZABO
YOU’VE SEE THEM on the bottoms of water bottles, peanut
butter jars and Styrofoam cups: three tiny arrows, chasing each other around a number in an infinite triangular loop. Despite sharing features with the standard recycling symbol (known as the Mobius Loop), these stamps don’t indicate recyclability. More accurately, they call out the type of plastic from which a product is made. So how do you know which items to put in the Blue Bag, and which to roll to the curb? The short answer is, it depends. To help, here’s a quick guide to some common items in each category, and where you can typically put them. 30 T8Nmagazine.com
