Plastic bottles, single-use food containers or even detergent containers, for example, can have a range of different recycling symbols on them, and not every county or town accepts the same items.

There are seven different types of plastics in consumer products, two of which are considered the most recyclable: PET, represented by the number 1 inside the recycling symbol, and HDPE ...

Cite: Souza, Eduardo."Brick by Brick, Waste Can Shape the Future of Construction" [Tijolo por tijolo, resíduos podem moldar o futuro da construção] 29 Aug 2023.