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Ed Pawlowski

On Sun, 12 Oct 2014 08:39:10 -0300, wrote:

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>That used to be true, that only certain numbers were recyclable, but
>now 99% of plastics can all be recycled. The industries to cope with
>it have grown hand in hand with the desire to make things recyclable.

Yes, the industry was getting a bad reputation, but now takes tons of
material back to recycle and make into usable products.

>
>One good one is that old car tires are recycled and become sun decks
>(that won't need painting in my climate) and I once saw Tshirts that
>had apparently been made from recycled 7Up bottles.

Polar Fleece. There are some other names for it too, made from
polyethylene terephthalate (PET).