How do I recycle plastic fruit packaging?
You know those containers that blueberries, some greens, and grapes come in? They’re plastic clamshells…how do I properly recycle them? I have tons of them and want to find the most efficient way to get them recycled.
There are so many good answers I don’t know who to choose as the best answer. I will definitely use some of them for seedling containers and some of them to bring to the farmer’s market. Thank you!
Take them to your local farmers market. They’d love to have them to package things like green beans and berries.
The inability to recycle clamshells has bummed me out for the longest time. They say the resin they’re made of will mess up the other recycled plastic.
There is a company in Virginia that is making recyclable clamshells from the same plastic as pop bottles. I am ragging on my grocery store main office to switch to these new recyclable clamshells for all of their produce.
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There really is no efficient way to recycle them. Try to reuse them yourself, and maybe check with a local small farmer to see if they can reuse them. Some local farms near me will take back used egg cartons.
they are rubbish, put them in the bin
try http://www.earth911.org they can help you find a local recycler for just about any product.
I have always put them in the recycling bin, and the trash company takes them with everything else. THey have a number on the bottom of them. well most of them do. I say recycle according to that number.
You might ask a teacher especially if she teaches young children if she could use them in her art center. Many teachers teach recycling by giving a child an item such as the clam shell and ask the child to make something out of it. Teachers are very creative in recycling many things.
Reuse them for growing seedlings or sprouting.
There are many recyclable clamshells available. Vote with your dollar – if it’s not recyclable don’t buy it. Packagers will get the hint. Make sure the ones you have really aren’t. If they have a number maybe you just need to find another recycling center that can take them. If they’re indeed not recyclable they can be re-used to store food or for art projects.