Folks are always asking us about different plastic items, what type of plastic they are made from and if those items can be recycled with our Caps Can Do® program. We are happy to share some other common plastic items that are made from our favorite plastic, #5 Polypropylene (PP).

Remember when we bought blank CD's by the gross to burn all of our favorite music and photos...itunes and pods and pads might've made these a bit obsolete. But we'll sing the praises of the PP #5 plastic in the lids. It can go in with the caps you send to Caps Can Do®. We'll recycle it into cool and useful stuff. Rock on!

Besides caps from soda and water bottles, caps from detergent bottles, lids from peanut butter jars, and the flip-top caps from personal care products like toothpaste or shampoo, are all typically made from PP #5. So you can clean and save all of these lids to recycle them with the other bottle caps that you send to Caps Can Do®

Additionally, margarine & butter tubs, yogurt cups and hummus containers are typically made from PP #5.  These items can also be recycled through Caps Can Do® as long as they are clean and free from all food debris.

Please thoroughly clean ALL plastic that you send to Caps Can Do® for recycling. We are a small, family-owned business. We sort all of our recyclables by hand and we do not have a wash-line at our facility. Thank you for your consideration as we work together to keep this material out of our waterways and oceans, out of the landfill and away from wildlife!

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