Know Your Plastic Recycling Codes

Since we’re living in a plastic era and it seems that we’re far from getting over them, it is only logical to at least know the next best thing to save Mother Earth and that is reusing and recycling these plastics instead of making them each and everytime the need arises.

Have you ever wondered what went wrong when you visit a grocery store and aisle upon aisle, you see plastic containers and plastic what-not? This is because—to manufacturer’s delight–they are cheaper to make and can be very dependable to use. What they don’t know is that, plastics as we all know cannot be broken down for the next hundred years to come and it costs much more to recycle. Not to mention how it damages the environment further when it undergoes certain recycling steps that are still a subject of debate worldwide.

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