7 Things You Didn’t Know About Plastic (and Recycling)

the easiest items to recycle are the products made from a single material.

Unlike plastic, glass and metal (including aluminum) can be recycled infinitely without losing quality or purity in the product.

current biodegradable products can only decompose if they are sent to a special factory, where the temperature and humidity is specially controlled, and lumped together with other compostable plastics. (If those plastics are thrown into landfill and mixed in with other trash, it doesn’t matter if they’re compostable or not. They’re not going back i... See more