{"id":1290,"date":"2011-06-17T17:50:32","date_gmt":"2011-06-18T00:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ensobottles.com\/blog\/?p=1290"},"modified":"2011-06-17T17:50:32","modified_gmt":"2011-06-18T00:50:32","slug":"recycling-logo-does-not-equal-recycling-enso-will-biodegrade-if-not-recycled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/?p=1290","title":{"rendered":"What is Recycling?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We all have seen it, the <\/span>Recycling<\/span><\/a> logo that screams, Throw me in the Recycling bin and I will be recycled! Well if you look more closely you would notice that in the middle of the chasing arrows there is a number. Do you know what those numbers represent? Well let me explain because it is very important to know.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

#1 PET (Polyethylene terephthalate) <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 #1’s are usually Fizzy drink
\nbottles, oven-ready meal trays and water bottles . These items are
\nrecycled at a rate of 19.5% the highest of all recycled items.<\/p>\n

#2 HDPE (High-density polyethylene)<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 #2’s are Milk bottles, detergent
\nbottles, yogurt and margarine tubs, cereal box liners and grocery, trash
\nand retail bags. These items are recycle at a rate of 10.7%, the second
\nhighest of all recycled items.<\/p>\n

#3 PVC (Polyvinyl chloride) <\/strong><\/span>\u2013 #3’s are Cling film (plastic food wrap),
\nvegetable oil bottles, loose-leaf binders and construction products such as
\nplastic pipes. These items are recycled at a rate of 0% which means, not
\nat all\u2026.so what’s the point of throwing them in the recycling bin?<\/p>\n

#4 LDPE (Low-density polyethylene) <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 #4’s are typically Dry cleaning
\nbags, produce bags, trash can liners, bread bags, frozen food bags and
\nsqueezable bottles, such as mustard and honey. These items are recycled
\nat a rate of 5.6%.<\/p>\n

#5 PP (Polypropylene)<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 #5’s are Ketchup bottles, medicine bottles,
\naerosol caps and drinking straws. These constantly used items are
\nrecycled at a rate of 1.7% .<\/p>\n

#6 PS (Polystyrene) <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 #6’s are Compact disc jackets, grocery store meat
\ntrays, egg cartons, aspirin bottles, foam packaging peanuts and plastic
\ntableware. These items are recycled at a rate of 0.8%.<\/p>\n

#7 Other <\/span><\/strong>– #7’s are Three- and five-gallon reusable water bottles, certain
\nkinds of food containers and Tupperware. These items are recycled at a
\nrate of 6.1%.<\/p>\n

As you can see, recycling rates even for the most commonly recycled\u00a0 items are pretty low. Even though <\/span>Recycling<\/span><\/a> is important waste continues to accumulate in landfills, at sea, and shipped to other countries\u2026that is why <\/span>ENSO biodegradable and recyclable plastics<\/span><\/a> are so important. For the <\/span>ENSO plastic<\/span><\/a> that does not end up getting recycled, at least it will <\/span>biodegrade<\/span><\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We all have seen it, the Recycling logo that screams, Throw me in the Recycling bin and I will be recycled! Well if you look more closely you would notice that in the middle of the chasing arrows there is a number. Do you know what those numbers represent? Well let me explain because it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,739],"tags":[1017,1018,1019,193,419,32,1020,1021,811,80,58,1022,1023,1024,1025],"class_list":["post-1290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-blogs","category-recycling-2","tag-art-with-plastic","tag-chasing-arrows","tag-cool-art-out-of-plastic","tag-enso-biodegradable-plastic","tag-enso-brands","tag-enso-plastic","tag-how-does-recycling-work","tag-how-much-actually-gets-recycled","tag-pet-plastic","tag-pla","tag-plastic","tag-recycled-art","tag-recyclig","tag-recycling-logo","tag-what-gets-recycled"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}