Items stamped with a 7 are difficult to recycle and are best rewashed and reused.
Recycle plastic utensils.
Single use plates and utensils labeled.
Plastic utensils can be real time savers when it comes to cleanup just throw them away.
When accepted for recycling plastic utensils are classified as rigid plastics just like clamshell packaging blister packs and yogurt containers.
If the plastic in your cutlery is polystyrene it will have a resin code 6 a number 6.
My office serves catered lunches every day and the company provides plastic plates and cutlery.
This number which ranges from 1 to 7 indicates what type of plastic is used to make the item.
Recycle the fork if the number stamped is 1 to 6.
Plastic utensils are typically made from a plastic called polystyrene see references 3 and 6.
In the u s our solution for rigid plastic recycling has been.
But if you re environmentally conscious and wonder if you can recycle those plastic spoons and forks the answer is yes and no.
You can recycle them yourselves into a cutlery wind chime mother nature network question.