What Do the Numbers Mean In the Recycling Symbol?  |
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 I was guessing it meant how many times something has been recycled. I'm I wrong?
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1.  spoiledbrat802 (3595) | 9 months ago |  I'm guessing you're referring to the numbers 1-7 printed in the middle of the recycling symbol. They're called Resin Identification Code, which in turn has their own corresponding unicodes. It indicates the type of polymer used in that particular product. There are seven types of polymers and if I remember it correctly a recycling symbol with the number 2 is usually designated for plastic bottles and plastic shopping bags. The purpose of RIC is to guide recyclers, because when they recycle materials they have to segregate them into their specific types, so having an RIC printed on them makes it easier to segregate recyclable materials.
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 elmiko (1839) | 9 months ago | thanks for explaining | |
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| 2. Lakota12 (17253) | 9 months ago |  I have no idea what you are talking about Where is the recycle symbol?
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| elmiko (1839) | 9 months ago | the recycling symbol indicating you can recycle whatever it may be is usually located on the bottom part of the product. Its in the shape of a triangle with a number in the middle indicating what type of plastic or material it was made from. | |
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| Lakota12 (17253) | 9 months ago | awwwww I see I will have to start looking for that thanks! | |
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| 3. suspenseful (17150) | 9 months ago |  I think the numbers refer to what type of plastic they are and the recyclable facilities that can handle them. So supposing that the plastic is number 3 and the facility can only handle number 1 and 2, then they have to either throw number 3 in the trash or add more equipment to handle it.
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| elmiko (1839) | 9 months ago | yeah thats what the first response said. | |
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4.  danishcanadian (20693) | 9 months ago |  I have never noticed numbers in a recycling sign, so I can only take a guess. I would imagine that the number inside the recycling sign has to do with the percentage of the product that is made up of recycled material. Some products are made of more recycled material than others.
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| elmiko (1839) | 9 months ago | its only 1 number though in all the recycling symbols i've seen. the highest i've seen the numbers go is either a 5 or 6. an earlier responder said its the type of material used to make the product that determines what # is in the recycling sign. When i look at the low side of a plastic coca-cola bottle i see the recycling symbol which is always in the shape of a triangle on anything that can be recycled. On the clear plastic coca-cola bottle i see a 1 inside the triangle recycling symbol. On a bottle of supplements such as vitamin b-12 i usually have to look at the very bottom to find the triangle symbol. | |
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