Comment Comment by jrochkind1 > Currently only about 3% of PP products are being recycled in the United States, but it is becoming more widely acceptedSo now the relatively small amount of mass in the cap is just as recyclable as the bottle itself -- neither are actually going to be recycled.There's nothing to see here but marketing. And a an interesting engineering puzzle solved, sure."How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled"https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/897692090/how-big-oil-misled-... parent jrochkind1 2 years ago
So now the relatively small amount of mass in the cap is just as recyclable as the bottle itself -- neither are actually going to be recycled.
There's nothing to see here but marketing. And a an interesting engineering puzzle solved, sure.
"How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled"
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/897692090/how-big-oil-misled-...