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    Default Recycling plastics - what do the numbers mean?

    http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/d...cy/plastic.htm


    Our county only accepts #1 and #2 plastics.

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    Thanks. Our local waste management team mails us a little paper that tells this information. It's a handy reference.
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    I wish we had a better recycling center here. We have to drive so far just to take them.

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