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Shermann

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10. I don't think it is quite as bad as the video suggests

Reply to caraher (Reply #9)

Sun Jul 18, 2021, 06:44 AM

Jul 2021

While the resin identification codes were created in 1988 by SPI, they were standardized in 2008 by ASTM International into ASTM D7611.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resin_identification_code

ASTM's 2013 changes the symbol to differentiate from the recycling symbol. I think the industry is being slow to adopt this as the older symbol seems to be more prevalent.

The video sort of omits the history post 2008 so there is a bit of gaslighting going on there.

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Jug or tub? [View all] Shermann Jul 2021 OP

Look for the number in the triangle on the bottom. NQAS Jul 2021 #1

Well the recyclers don't provide convenient recycling code charts Shermann Jul 2021 #6

Here - northern new England ... NQAS Jul 2021 #7

That is a very interesting development regarding the bags Shermann Jul 2021 #8

plasticfilmrecycling.org eppur_se_muova Jul 2021 #13

Around here we aren't supposed to put the caps in the same bin as the jugs captain queeg Jul 2021 #2

My recycler has provided decent clarity about that Shermann Jul 2021 #5

Ha ha heh...I laughed a little bit, I thought at first this was talking about moonshine, whether SWBTATTReg Jul 2021 #3

I only drink moonshine from a mason jar Shermann Jul 2021 #4

That's pretty good too. Moonshine tastes good no matter what it is served in. Ha ha heh... SWBTATTReg Jul 2021 #11

Many of the legal ones are just 80 proof Shermann Jul 2021 #12

"Plastic Recycling is an Actual Scam" caraher Jul 2021 #9

I don't think it is quite as bad as the video suggests Shermann Jul 2021 #10