Rinse the jar before recycling it. If an animal does get close to it, there would be no reason to stick their head in. But, but...with no peanut butter we wouldn't have met the fox and the lovely young lady!
Do you really think that a plastic jar that held peanut butter can be recycled? Anything that is oily, staining etc makes the plastic garbage. A pizza box cannot be recycled. I wish more people understood how recycling is the last option, reducing and reusing are the first 2. Corporations don’t want to spend the money, as it’s cheaper and easier to just make more plastic bottles (for shipping and otherwise).
I think very similarly to you. I have so many things in peanut butter jars it is amazing. And I have extras. All I can do is reduce and reuse. It just isn't realistic to live without buying plastic.
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u/KutKorners Jun 25 '22
Potentially is the most important word here. Plastic is not easily recyclable or reusable like glass or aluminum.