Click the link for a nice visual tour of plastic types. What about Portland recycling? Good luck. They don’t list by numbers. I tried calling and got put on hold, so I gave up. From their site:
Plastic bottles and jars:
-Must have a neck or screw-on top
-remove caps, lids, spray pumps
-No bottles that contained petroleum based products (e.g., motor oil), pesticides or herbicides.
-No tubs, yogurt containers, bags, styrofoam, or any plastic container that doesn’t have a neck or screw-on top.
For a long time we heard about the evils of six-pack rings, trapping and killing sea creatures. Then it moved on to plastic in general. And now news sources are reporting about microscopic plastic particles breaking down and entering the food chain where they wreak havoc. Still, one of the most disturbing and under-reported stories of plastic is the North Pacific Gyre Garbage Patch. The Garbage Patch is a swath of plastic and debris the size of Texas in the North Pacific. It is bad - kills sea life, enters the food chain, bio-accumulates, we eat it. Mmm plastic toxins.
Links:
Article in Best Life magazine about The Garbage Patch. Read This Article! It is very well written and informative.
