Plastic, 3-7 and No Number

Place in the trash. Do not place in the curbside recycle bin.

3 =  Vinyl/polyvinyl Chloride (PVC): Often used for salad dressing bottles, vegetable oil bottles and mouthwash.

4 = LDPE (Low Density Polyethylene): Used for flexible bags for dry cleaning, trash, produce, bread and shrink wrap.  Recycled LDPE is often used to make grocery bags.

5 = PP Polypropylene: Usually found in drinking straws, battery cases, some dairy tubs, bottle labels and caps.

6 = PS Polystyrene: Commonly used for materials like packaging peanuts, plastic utensils, meat and egg trays.

7 = Other: plastics are often made of multiple resins or layers of different types of plastics.  These may include microwavable packages, snack bags and industrial plastics.