Ever wonder about whether or not you can recycle a plastic container?
Typically if there is a #1 or #2 on the bottom of the plastic container it is acceptable to be recycled by the local trash and recycling company.
But what about the #3, #4, #5, #6, and #7 plastic containers?
Unfortunately they are usually tossed into the regular garbage. However, right now the Eastside Food co-op of NE Minneapolis is doing a pilot-study program that is collecting #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 plastic containers.
On Thursdays from 3 – 7 pm and Saturdays from 10 am – 2 pm people can rinse, sort and bring these plastics to the parking lot located at 2551 Central Ave NE, Mpls., MN. If you have questions about this opportunity, please call 612-788-0950.
To find more specific information about what you can bring and the program, please visit the Eastside Food Co-op's website.
Want to do more? Want to involve your community? Set up your own collection of #3, #4, #5, #6 and #7 on your block or at your workplace and every week or two when in the Northeast area drop off your community's recycling at the Eastside Food Co-op. This way of participating and getting people involved is really easy. For example, a friendly church member has offered to collect our congregation's plastic recyclables and volunteered to bring them to Eastside weekly.
If you are a friend who sees me on occassion, feel free to bring me your unwanted plastics and I will make sure they arrive to Eastside Food co-op. I will also be grateful to help the cause.
If a resident of the Twin cities, for more details about plastics recycling check out the following resources.
* Plastics recycling information for St. Paul, Minnesota
* Separating recyclables city of Minneapolis webpage
If not a resident of the Twin cities, please look to your own city or town's rules and regulations on their city website or call your local trash/recycling provider.
