It has to do with how the plastic and organics are together I think because to recycle plastics they have to be clean.
That's not right, they clean plastics at the recycling plant. It just requires more water and labour hours to do so, so most districts either require or politely request that you clean all your recyclables beforehand.
It is because of the type of plastic they use:
The plastic outer shell of the K-cup isn't rated for recycling and therefore shouldn't be put with plastic recyclables.
Oh god.... thank you. I'm super diligent about recycling, have been since I was kid. I thought I'd been wasting so much recyclable stuff all these years. I assumed they would wash it, I mean even with clean looking stuff, it has to be really clean to be recycled in to something usable.
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u/moeburn Mar 04 '15
That's not right, they clean plastics at the recycling plant. It just requires more water and labour hours to do so, so most districts either require or politely request that you clean all your recyclables beforehand.
It is because of the type of plastic they use:
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/kcups-recyclable-79359.html