Sheets/Slabs/Toploaders - Can Any Be Recycled?

sando69 · #1 08-18-2019, 09:58 PM

anybody watch tonite's broadcast of "60 minutes"?
pretty shocking.

MULLINS5 · #2 08-18-2019, 10:44 PM

I throw sleeves, toploaders, pages, etc, that come to me during shipping in a box and give them to my local shop and he uses them for his inventory.

polakoff · #3 08-19-2019, 07:17 AM

I did some research on this (along with suggestions for recycling) for my blog on Earth Day this year: https://bigleaguebreaks.com/inside-t...h-day-edition/

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Erika Alvarez, administrative coordinator for Ultra PRO, told me, “Our top loaders, deck boxes and sleeves are indeed recyclable.” Ken O’Brien, director of sales and marketing for BCW, explained a little more specifically: “The toploads are PVC, which is #3 on the plastics recycling chart. The penny sleeves are polypropylene, which is #5 on the chart.”

cubman1941 · #4 08-19-2019, 06:28 PM

Good thread, I also have a lot of screw-downs, snap-together s and top loaders I have no use for anymore. I hesitate to ask my city as they change with the weather. They don't sort it anyway as it is all taken to Knoxville, I believe, to a recycle place there. The stuff I have in abundance is in great shape and I sold two large boxes three years ago for next nothing plus postage. I just hate to toss it so am hanging on until ???

Mark17 · #5 08-19-2019, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by cubman1941

Good thread, I also have a lot of screw-downs, snap-together s and top loaders I have no use for anymore. I hesitate to ask my city as they change with the weather. They don't sort it anyway as it is all taken to Knoxville, I believe, to a recycle place there. The stuff I have in abundance is in great shape and I sold two large boxes three years ago for next nothing plus postage. I just hate to toss it so am hanging on until ???

Why not figure out what shipping will cost and sell it on this site in B/S/T ?

cubman1941 · #6 08-20-2019, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Mark17

Why not figure out what shipping will cost and sell it on this site in B/S/T ?

Thanks, I hadn't thought of that. I may try that rather than toss them or have them here for someone else to toss when I go.

ehazuka · #7 03-17-2021, 12:21 PM

We have over 50 lbs. of top loaders and would love to see someone use them. They are typically not going to be recycled by your local trash hauler or at your local town transfer station. And if you do include them with your other recyclables in your "blue bucket" your are likely contaminating GOOD recyclables at the collection center that they eventually reach. That's a problem. Wishful recycling is detrimental. ANYWAYS, if anyone wants top loaders for only the cost of shipping, please let me know. A USPS large flat rate box is now up to $21.90, but I will pack it as full as possible. I will fill as many boxes as you can use. Just PM me. Thanks in advance to anyone who can use them!

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