Recycle Plastic Kitchen Tools
Use old salad dressing containers to mix and store your own homemade salad dressings.
Recycle plastic kitchen tools. Paper plastic and aluminum are all frequently used in this area of the home. Items stamped with a 7 are difficult to recycle and are best rewashed and reused. In honor of earth day i was wondering if you could suggest an earth friendly way to get rid of exhausted kitchen gear. When you toss your plastic trash into a recycle bin you think it gets whisked away and transformed back into more useful plastic items.
A special machine is required to remove. It s time to get rid of my melted spatula and scratched up omelet pan but would hate for them to go to a landfill if they can be recycled. In the u s our solution for rigid plastic recycling has been to export it to china while plastic bottles and bags are usually recycled domestically. Not recyclable unless a drop off location exists in your area.
If you are unsure of which items can be recycled visit the website for the u s. Any suggestions sent by ameliaeditor. When accepted for recycling plastic utensils are classified as rigid plastics just like clamshell packaging blister packs and yogurt containers. Amelia yes we have definitely sent old plastic cookware out in the recycling bin.
Unfortunately most plastic cutlery is stamped number 7. Plastic utensils can be real time savers when it comes to cleanup just throw them away. Here are a few ideas for reusing those plastic items instead of tossing them. There are a million kooky kitchen tools out there we could write about a new one every day.
But if you re environmentally conscious and wonder if you can recycle those plastic spoons and forks the answer is yes and no. The board in question is an ochre colored slab made up of 75 percent post consumer plastic scraps gathered from kitchen tool manufacturing. Recycle the fork if the number stamped is 1 to 6. This number which ranges from 1 to 7 indicates what type of plastic is used to make the item.
The other 25 percent of the board comes from sugarcane. Environmental protection agency for tips or search. Use an old fruit juice or milk jug to water plants. The board in question is.
Save peanut butter jars and use them to store snacks like cheese crackers. My new favorite kitchen tool is this recycled plastic cutting board.