7 Things You Didn’t Know About Plastic (and Recycling)

For many, environmentalism begins with the recycling symbol and ends at the recycling bin. The simple act of throwing something away into a large box marked with a recycling sign is enough to make some of us feel like we’ve done our part.

It’s like eating only half of a chocolate chip cookie– we indulge, but not that much. Similarly, our faith in the magic of the recycling bin makes purchasing and using plastic products a little more guilt-free.

But recycling is a lot more complicated, and the process of recycling plastics is significantly less transparent than the much-Googled recipe for baking cookies…. so hopefully this article can help you out a little like it helped me!

I definitely had NO idea that coffee cups weren’t recyclable ( I am so sorry to the garbage guys that collect our recycling) ~ Jenna