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 Cans Bottles, and Plastic （US)
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by Masato Yamashita
One of the most common garbage found in daily life is cans and bottles. Cans and bottles makes 23% of all
kind of garbage collected in U.S. These garbage are all recyclable. In the Bay Area, the curbside recycling program collects these garbage. Aluminum cans and PET bottles can be sold to recycling centers in about 5 cents per bottle or can.
The curbside recycling program provides 3 types of bins to put recyclable trash. The colors of the bins vary, depending on which recycling county communities. (These colors are used in Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, Saratoga, and Campbell). Places like San Jose have different colors (all yellow) so read the labels on the bins to make sure.
(Pictures from Green Valley
Recycling)
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Blue: Steel and aluminum cans, PET bottles, empty milk cartons, polyester (wrap in plastic bag), majority of plastic and metal containers. |
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Green: Glasses |
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Yellow: Paper waste- newspaper, magazines, mails, old phonebooks, paper bags, cardboard, etc.
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Plastic containers have a recycle mark on the bottom; these marks tell what kind of plastic the containers are using. #1 are PET bottles, #2 are HDPE and so on. Plastic containers can be collected even if the containers are a little dirty with oils, bleach or food; however, these garbage cannot be collected.
Garbage that cannot be collected by the recycling program:
Butter and margarine containers (flat ones), glass windows and mirrors, paper
towels, tissue paper, diapers, wire hangers, PVC pipes, plastic bags, paper cups and plates, pizza boxes, ceramics, clothing.
Go to Cans Bottles (Japan)
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