Packaging and #3 plastic
Also: clamshells · blister packs · shrink sleeves · cling film · #3
The short answer · Not recycled
Not recycled. Keep #3 out of your curbside bin: it can spoil the bottles that are recyclable.
What to do
- 1Put it in the trash, not the recycling.
- 2Where you can, choose packaging that isn't #3.
What we know
Greenpeace USA's survey of US recycling rated post-consumer PVC reprocessing "negligible" and found household PVC has effectively a zero recycling rate. Source: greenpeace.org
The same report says PVC shrink sleeves are "known to prevent proper sortation" of plastic bottles. Source: greenpeace.org