Black plastic containers

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Can I recycle Black plastic containers?

Since black plastic doesn't reflect light, most of the time it is undetectable and can't be sorted by scanners at recycling facilities, which means it ultimately ends up in landfills.

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Black plastic was initially created from recycled materials that could not be dyed other colors.

Since black plastic doesn't reflect light, most of the time it is undetectable and can't be sorted by scanners at recycling facilities, which means it ultimately ends up in landfills.Black plastic was initially created from recycled materials that could not be dyed other colors.

Black plastic containers sometimes used for take-out food and whole rotisserie chickens.

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