NYC Recycling Program Now Includes "Hard" Plastics
Just days after Earth Day, on Wednesday, April 24, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced that rigid plastics can now be recycled under the newly expanded recycling program. What does this mean for you? You can now recycle hard plastics, such as:
- plastic bottles, jugs & jars
- rigid plastic caps & lids
- rigid plastic food containers (yogurt, deli, hummus, dairy tubs, cookie tray inserts, "clamshell" containers, other plastic take-out containers)
- rigid plastic non-food containers
- rigid plastic packaging ("blister-pak" and "clamshell" consumer packaging, acetate boxes)
- rigid plastic housewares (flower pots, mixing bowls, plastic appliances, etc.)
- bulk plastic (crates, buckets, pails, furniture, large toys, large appliances, etc.)
Rather than determining what container goes where, simply put your hard plastics in with your glass bottles, soda bottles, and metals. In addition, you’ll receive a mailer from the NYC Department of Sanitation that describes the recycling program expansion with infographics of what to recycle and how.
For more information, please visit the following links:
Do you want to improve your recycling program in your apartment building? Call (212) 996-0745or email info@civitasnyc.org to find out how.
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