Email Address. The intention is to help get the lids and caps recycled, too. Here are the finer details of that instruction, in more words than we could put on the simplified poster:. The point is, if you wish to recycle the plastic lids and caps, it is necessary that they are attached to the containers they came on. Otherwise they are too small to capture. That said, thin flat lids to things like lettuce tubs are not recyclable because they will not stay on the containers they just pop right off and then are confused with paper because they are thin and flat.
Basically if you can put the plastic cap or lid back on the empty plastic container, and it stays on when you give the container a good squeeze then replace the lid or cap onto the clean and empty container and put it in together so that you are recycling as much as possible. Small plastic caps should be placed in the trash if they are not able to be attached to a container because they are too small to be identified and sorted by the optical resin-identification equipment that sorts the containers, and they will end up coming out the end of the sorting process as trash anyway.
Metal lids and caps from glass jars can be put in the recycling loose because they will be captured by the magnetic sorter. Here is some inspiration from Buzzfeed: 20 things you can make with bottle caps.
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Just get in touch with me once a month. I have read and agree to the terms and Privacy Policy. Not a member? Sign up and start saving! With that said, below are some answers you may encounter if you ask what to do with tops-on glass containers. After dropping empty, lid- and cap-free glass containers into your recycling bin, what do you do with the metal caps and lids?
Metal is definitely recyclable. During sorting, caps and lids often wind up with glass shards, explained Robert Pickens of the Oklahoma Recycling Association. When the glass is shipped off for processing, mixed in metal adds extra weight and may boost the transportation expense, he said. At the glass processing facility, depending on its equipment and practices, the metal might be collected for recycling. Or, it might simply be discarded. Wide-mouth metal jar lids with a minimum diameter of 2 or 3 inches may be an exception, even if other metal lids are not accepted in mixed recycling, Pickens noted.
Among the providers accepting 3-inch lids in mixed recycling, at least in some of its service areas, is Waste Management. Three-inch lids usually are able to sort properly with other metals, a Waste Management spokeswoman explains. American Metal Recycling in Ohio pays for steel and aluminum drop-offs.
It would welcome metal lids and aluminum caps, explained supervisor Scott Hudack. The plastic ring joiners that come with multi-packs of drinks cans can be recycled together with plastic film and carrier bags at collection points of larger supermarkets. Tips for recycling metal packaging. Cans - how are they recycled? Video of Cans - how are they recycled?
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