[Image: Flexible Packaging. Source: NPR]
NPR published an interactive guide on what plastic is recyclable, what is trash, and why it is that way. With the amount of confusion on what to do with plastics that you can’t escape, and recycling centers having a major issue with what to do with their recyclables, more information is needed to help everyone make the best choices they can.
“This interactive explores some of the plastics the recycling system was designed to handle and explains why other plastic packaging shouldn’t go in your recycling bin.”
NPR : Plastics- What’s Recyclable, What’s Trash, and Why
Los Angeles Times: As California Recycling Centers Close, Reformers Target Plastics
Environmental Studies Blog 