Recycle Plastic Milk Bottle Caps

You can now recycle plastic bottle caps lids.

Recycle plastic milk bottle caps.

The plastics recycling industry is now recommending that consumers replace caps and lids on plastic bottles and containers they recycle. Cut the bottles and caps up into small pieces about 1cm square or smaller is good. This is part of an effort to increase the amount of material collected and to avoid sending consumers conflicting messages. Recyclers will shred the 2 or 5 plastic into flakes which are washed rinsed and dried.

Some bottle caps are also hdpe. Source material can be found in the form of plastic milk bottles also some bottles from household cleaning supplies toiletries. Plastics are then soaked in water where the bottle made of 1 plastic will sink and the cap 2 or 5 plastic will float. 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.

Briefly the process comprises. Plastic bottle caps plastic bottle caps such as those from your milk and water bottles can also be recycled. 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.

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 members are reporting a growing demand for the caps themselves and we want to assure recycling coordinators materials recovery facilities operators and other collectors of. Log in to reply. Then when the jug is fill it goes into the recycling.