How bad is it if you put plastic stuff in the recycling that doesn't have a sign? I mean, honestly, it's still plastic--perhaps lower grade, but still plastic...
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If the plastic doesn't have a symbol (#1 through #7), it will probably be thrown away when it gets to the processing center. One of the reasons that recycling costs so much and isn't free (a common remark among recyclers) is that people must be paid to pull out things that aren't recyclable from the tons of plastics that arrive at processing centers daily. This isn't always done by hand, of course, but many recyclers will just chuck everything into their bins even if the processing center doesn't want it. If your recycling center says they will accept all plastic no matter if it's marked or not, put it in your recycling bin. If the recycling center says #1 - #5 plastics only, then don't put in anything that isn't marked. Plastics are recycled according to their contents, and the #1 - #7 tells the processing center what to do with that particular plastic. Bottom line? It isn't bad, but if the recycling center says they don't want unmarked plastics, then it will just get thrown away.
