Do you often find yourself wanting to recycle but not knowing which types of plastic can be recycled? If so, you are not alone. There is a lot of confusion in regards to which plastics can be recycled and which cannot. However, recycling plastics does not have to be difficult, in fact, there is a simple trick to help you determine if a type of plastic can be recycled.
There exists a symbol code with a single digit ranging from 1 to 7 and surrounded by a triangle of arrows. This symbol was designed by The Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) in 1988 to allow consumers and recyclers to differentiate types of plastics while providing a uniform coding system. 39 U.S. states now require to be imprinted on all eight-ounce to five-gallon containers that can accept the mark.