Plastic Containers Buying Guide

Plastics are classified by their “resin identification code”—a number from #1 to #7 that represents a different type of resin. That number is usually imprinted on the bottom of your container; flip it upside down, and you’ll see a recycling triangle with the number in the middle.
Here’s a quick breakdown of plastic resin types:
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Reduce Plastic Use..

Reasons to Avoid Plastics
They’re made from petroleum, a non-renewable resource.
Production of plastics releases toxic chemicals into the environment.
Chemicals can migrate from many plastics into food, water, air and our mouths.
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Reducing Storm Water Pollution

This article covers things we can all do to reduce stormwater pollution.
Develop Greener Habits
By developing “greener” habits, we can all make a significant reduction to the amount of pollution in our water systems, just by the day-to-day things we do. Here are some excellent “green” habits to develop:

Don’t litter! Place your litter in the bin. [...]

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Plastic Talk

I have recently read a blog item about men seeking for a processor able to provide molded or thermoformed biodegradable containers that are readily printable and offer some degree of resistance to water, but which degrade under backyard compost piles—so that there is no need for collection and shipping to an industrial composting facility.
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