Recycling Plastics ?

[gman]

What # of plastic is the type of hard plastic used to wrap action figures?

And does anyone know if the GTA recycles any plastic in the blue box besides #1 and 2? They don't list the types of plastic, only the things they recycle on the website.

There are more than one city in GTA. In Markham, it recycles all numbers.

[jayk]

There are more than one city in GTA. In Markham, it recycles all numbers.

that is wicked.
So do they throw all the plastic into one blue box? That would mean that you throw pretty much every piece of plastic into your box? That is really cool.

[gman]

that is wicked.
So do they throw all the plastic into one blue box? That would mean that you throw pretty much every piece of plastic into your box? That is really cool.

Only 1 to 7. Markham blue box program does not take plastic toy, plastic bag, plastic packaging.

[brunes]

that is wicked.
So do they throw all the plastic into one blue box? That would mean that you throw pretty much every piece of plastic into your box? That is really cool.

Around here in our blue box we can throw all plastic 1-7, plastic bags metal cans, juice boxes, milk cartons, and any refundable containers (non-glass). Grey box takes anything paper/cardboard. Blue box is picked up 1 week grey box the next.

I thought this was pretty standard where recycling existed but I guess it isn't - guess we're lucky.

[gman]

Around here in our blue box we can throw all plastic 1-7, plastic bags metal cans, juice boxes, milk cartons, and any refundable containers (non-glass). Grey box takes anything paper/cardboard. Blue box is picked up 1 week grey box the next.

I thought this was pretty standard where recycling existed but I guess it isn't - guess we're lucky.

In here, all your blue box and grey box materials goes to a blue box and it is picked up once per week. We also have green box and be picked up once per week.

[don242]

Around here in our blue box we can throw all plastic 1-7, plastic bags metal cans, juice boxes, milk cartons, and any refundable containers (non-glass). Grey box takes anything paper/cardboard. Blue box is picked up 1 week grey box the next.

I thought this was pretty standard where recycling existed but I guess it isn't - guess we're lucky.

In Cambridge we can also recycle the same, plastics 1-7, juice boxes, cans, milk cartons, paper, carboard, etc. But there are still places that don't take much. Brantford only takes platics 1-2 and even then are limited to specific containers.

[Dave98]

In here, all your blue box and grey box materials goes to a blue box and it is picked up once per week. We also have green box and be picked up once per week.

We don't have plastic bag pick up though (R.Hill) and it's a wonder why milk is still sold in them here in Ontario.

[brunes]

We don't have plastic bag pick up though (R.Hill) and it's a wonder why milk is still sold in them here in Ontario.

Buying milk in bags is better for the environment than buying cartons... they use less energy to make and less energy to recycle, and if not recycled they use less landfill space than a corresponding carton.

Of course milk in glass bottles would be best but I haven't seen anyone offering that in awhile...

[gman]

Buying milk in bags is better for the environment than buying cartons... they use less energy to make and less energy to recycle, and if not recycled they use less landfill space than a corresponding carton.

Of course milk in glass bottles would be best but I haven't seen anyone offering that in awhile...

I think the alternative he has in mind is not a carton but a re-usable plastic jug like those in Beckers.

[Dave98]

I think the alternative he has in mind is not a carton but a re-usable plastic jug like those in Beckers.

I didn't know about cartons being more of a hassle but I was definitely thinking in terms of the plastic jugs. It's pretty much what most of the rest of North America uses. Granted, that's a huge assumption on my part but it's what I've gathered in my experiences.

I guess they do take up quite a bit more physical space though.

[st7860]

terms of the plastic jugs. .

I almost didn't see the word plastic the first time i read that.

[jayk]

for plastic bags, I just save them up in a big plastic bag in the garage and then when it's full, take them in my trunk and dump in the big containers for plastic bags in supermarkets, very convenient since a lot of supermarkets do this now. Except I still have yet to see Loblaws recycle plastic bags...