Recycle Plastic Milk Bottle Caps

This is part of an effort to increase the amount of material collected and to avoid sending consumers conflicting messages.

Recycle plastic milk bottle caps. The material recovery facility mrf will use a pressurized system to expel caps and flatten bottles. Plastic bottle caps plastic bottle caps such as those from your milk and water bottles can also be recycled. Source material can be found in the form of plastic milk bottles also some bottles from household cleaning supplies toiletries. Recycling plastic lids and caps may pose dangers to workers.

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. Log in to reply. 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. Recyclers will shred the 2 or 5 plastic into flakes which are washed rinsed and dried.

We remove bottle tops and caps and collect them in a 2l milk jug along with any straws and other small plastic parts. Briefly the process comprises. They can also present a safety risk for recycling workers. You can now recycle plastic bottle caps lids.

Plastics are then soaked in water where the bottle made of 1 plastic will sink and the cap 2 or 5 plastic will float. Some bottle caps are also hdpe. Our council website told us this avoids the small plastics falling through the sorting belts. Cut the bottles and caps up into small pieces about 1cm square or smaller is good.