The plastics recycling industry is now recommending that consumers replace caps and lids on plastic bottles and containers they recycle.
Recycle plastic milk bottle caps.
A lot of people remember the times when they were told plastic bottle tops were not to be put in the recycling bins as recycling plants didn t have the facilities to recycle small items.
Our council website told us this avoids the small plastics falling through the sorting belts.
Plastics are then soaked in water where the bottle made of 1 plastic will sink and the cap 2 or 5 plastic will float.
Source material can be found in the form of plastic milk bottles also some bottles from household cleaning supplies toiletries.
They can also present a safety risk for recycling workers.
We remove bottle tops and caps and collect them in a 2l milk jug along with any straws and other small plastic parts.
Some bottle caps are also hdpe.
The material recovery facility mrf will use a pressurized system to expel caps and flatten bottles.
Recycling plastic lids and caps may pose dangers to workers.
Also plastic caps and lids can jam processing equipment at recycling facilities and the plastic containers with tops still on them may not compact properly during the recycling process.
Plastic bottle caps plastic bottle caps such as those from your milk and water bottles can also be recycled.
Cut the bottles and caps up into small pieces about 1cm square or smaller is good.
You can now recycle plastic bottle caps lids.
Then when the jug is fill it goes into the recycling.
Briefly the process comprises.
Recyclers will shred the 2 or 5 plastic into flakes which are washed rinsed and dried.