Where to Recycle Plastic that Can't Go in the Bin

I recently learned that certain types of plastic cannot go in the recycling bin. Even if you try to sneak in such plastics as soda bottle caps, yogurt containers, butter tubs and cottage cheese tubs, the recycling plant won't recycle them anyway.

So what are you supposed to do with these plastics?

Yesterday, I mentioned that you can take your bottle caps to your local Aveda store and they'll make sure the caps get recycled for you. If you're really hardcore about recycling, you can mail a box or envelope of caps to Aveda, if you don't have a store near you.

Whole Foods is the drop off spot for those plastic tubs and containers (usually #5 plastics) that are segregated from the recycling bin. If you don't have a Whole Foods in your area, you can also mail your plastics to Preserve, the manufacturer of many plastic household goods.

Make sure that the #5 plastics that don't make the recycling bin don't wind up in the trash. Separate these plastics from the others and make a monthly drop-off at Aveda and Whole Foods. It's a small step to making a big difference.