Claremont Plastic Recycling

Press release from the City of Claremont:

April 22, 2021

Recycling is an easy way to residents to reduce their environmental footprint. Recycling helps to conserve natural resources such as timber, water, and minerals and saves energy. Due to global changes to recycling markets, some items that were recyclable several years ago are no longer accepted. Due to tightening markets, the Sanitation Division asks that residents only place plastics with resin codes 1 and 2 in the blue recycling bin. Resin codes can be found on plastic products and appear as a small triangle the assigned code/number within.

Acceptable plastics include clean and dry:

Bottles

Water bottles (with caps on), beverage and soda bottles, fruit juice containers, salad dressing bottles, cooking oil bottles, and toiletry bottles such as shampoo, shower soaps, and mouthwash, etc.

Jars

Peanut butter, jelly, jam, pickles, etc.

Jugs

Milk jugs, detergent jugs, bleach jugs, etc

All other plastics are not eligible for recycling due to lack of available markets. Ineligible items include plastics with resin codes 3 – 7. Examples include plastic film, bags, Styrofoam, toys, fruit trays/clam shells, plastic egg cartons, plastic packaging, bubble wrap and envelopes lined with bubble wrap, cd cases, toys, plastic cups, black plastics, etc. These items should be placed in the black refuse container.

The Sanitation Division is grateful to the community for their continuous efforts to be sustainable and make recycling a way of life. For questions regarding recycling and what should be placed in your blue container, please contact the Community Services Department at (909) 399-5431.

This press release was produced by the City of Claremont. The views expressed here are the author’s own.