8 Plastic Recycling Facts for Any Ordinary Household

Plastic is everywhere. You can’t escape. Packaging, home insulation, automobiles, furniture, and the list goes on. It’s not really surprising, considering how durable and cheap plastic is.

But, unfortunately, we’re learning how bad it is for the environment, especially as microplastics are being consumed by fish in the ocean. We are starting to finally take action, but we won’t know if these are successful methods for several years. Until then, recycling may be the best option available.

We tend to use a lot of plastic on any given day. Whether it is a product we purchased at the store or a bottle of water we got from the local gas station to quench our thirst, plastic dominates our lives. Not a whole lot of it is recycled either (see below). In fact, so much plastic is tossed in the garbage that this plastic could travel the world four times over. Yikes!

Here are 8 plastic recycling facts every household needs to know: