ASDA brand shampoo bottles are made of plastic so it should be easy to recycle them, but they're not. Someone has failed to check what type of plastic is actually being used. The label says:
However, the plastic is type 3 (PVC) which is, according to Wikipedia, not typically recycled
and there are no facilities to recycle this in Fife:![[Plastic Type 3 PVC symbol]](/assets/2010/03/02-asda_shampoo2.jpg)
Widely recycled PVC?
March 2, 2010 at 00:23
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