Preserve, Stonyfield Farm, Organic Valley, and Brita have teamed up to collect and recycle number 5 plastics
(like some yogurt cups, hummus tubs, and other food containers) and Brita® pitcher filters
.
These items can be recycled via the Preserve Gimme5 program
by bringing them to a participating Whole Foods location
or Green in
BKLYN
. Caps can also be sent to Aveda for recycling through its Recycle Caps Program
, which are then sent to Preserve.
Voluntary take-back programs such as these enable the recycling of certain rigid plastics that would be uneconomical to recycle through NYC's curbside recycling program.
At this time, such arrangements do not work for #3, #4, #6 or #7 plastics because the secondary markets for such plastics simply don't offer enough revenue to cover costs, even under a voluntary take-back system. That's why there aren't "Gimme3" "Gimme4" "Gimme6" or "Gimme7" programs.
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