{"id":763,"date":"2012-11-06T09:57:02","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T09:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/?p=763"},"modified":"2012-11-06T09:57:02","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T09:57:02","slug":"qa-what-do-the-numbers-mean-on-plastic-recycle-ables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/?p=763","title":{"rendered":"Q&amp;A: What do the numbers mean on plastic recycle-ables?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><i>Question by Merit Servus<\/i>: What do the numbers mean on plastic recycle-ables?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>what is the difference between all the numbers and why do some take them and some don&#8217;t?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>Answer by oikos<\/i><br \/>The numbers tell the type of plastic used, from  1 (PETE) to 7 (Other). The ones easiest to recycle are numbers 1 &#038; 2 (HDPE). The others (3-7) can be used for plastic lumber but there are few facilities that manufacture it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Add your own answer in the comments!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question by Merit Servus: What do the numbers mean on plastic recycle-ables? what is the difference between all the numbers and why do some take them and some don&#8217;t? Best answer: Answer by oikosThe numbers tell the type of plastic used, from 1 (PETE) to 7 (Other). The ones easiest to recycle are numbers 1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[984,1299,1604,2004],"class_list":["post-763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recalls","tag-mean","tag-numbers","tag-plastic","tag-recycleables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}