{"id":246659,"date":"2024-03-11T11:01:25","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T11:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/recycling-mystery-plastic-utensils-earth911\/"},"modified":"2024-03-11T15:00:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T15:00:10","slug":"recycling-mystery-plastic-utensils-earth911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/recycling-mystery-plastic-utensils-earth911\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling Mystery: Plastic Utensils &#8211; Earth911"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\">\n<p>Plastic utensils are not recyclable. If you\u2019re considering buying any \u201cdisposable\u201d with the intention of recycling it, it\u2019s better to choose a reusable or compostable alternative. It\u2019s time to move on from plastic utensils, plates, cups, and bowls \u2014 and in some nations, provinces, and states, single use plastics are being phased out through new bans on selling them.<\/p>\n<p>But let\u2019s assume for a minute that you have plastic utensils from take-out restaurants, office lunch parties or numerous other scenarios and want to keep them out of landfills. In theory, these utensils <em>should<\/em> be recyclable, but several issues likely prevent your local program from accepting them.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Inconsistent Materials<\/h3>\n<p>In a perfect world, all plastic utensils would be made from the same plastic resin, but that\u2019s simply not the case. The majority of plastic utensils are made of polystyrene (#6 plastic),&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/earth911.com\/home-garden\/recycling-plastic-utensils\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at earth911.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plastic utensils are not recyclable. If you\u2019re considering buying any \u201cdisposable\u201d with the intention of recycling it, it\u2019s better to choose a reusable or compostable alternative. It\u2019s time to move on from plastic utensils, plates, cups, and bowls \u2014 and in some nations, provinces, and states, single use plastics are being phased out through new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":246660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[370],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.0 (Yoast SEO v20.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Recycling Mystery: Plastic Utensils - Earth911 - Republic of Green News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/earth911.com\/home-garden\/recycling-plastic-utensils\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Recycling Mystery: Plastic Utensils - Earth911\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Plastic utensils are not recyclable. 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