Are Plastic Milk Containers Recyclable. Food storage containers are typically reusable. Green I have stopped purchasing Tropicana orange juice since they replaced their 12 gallon carton with plastic bottles.
Here you will learn how easy it is to recycle your milk cartons and juice boxes. The final step in the life of a milk bottle is the recycling process. Plastic milk jugs can be melted down and made into new bottles.
Although cartons are fully recyclable not every community has access to a materials recovery facility MRF able to sort and bale cartons for shipment to a paper mill.
Both are recyclable just not everywhereyet. Most plastic milk containers are made from high-density polyethylene also known as HDPE or No. However milk sold in glass bottles is usually more expensive than milk sold in cartons or plastic jugs. 5 live reporters went across the country to find out how our plastic milk bottles are recycled at three different plants.
