We get it; the different plastic types can be confusing. What does each of the numbers mean? And how do you know which number goes where? Through our “Recycle Right Guide,” you can learn about each specific plastic type, how to properly recycle each, and find ways to reduce your overall plastic consumption—helping us create a world without waste.
Start reading our recycling guide below.
In addition to our recycling guide, explore our other guides, including our Composting 101 Guide.
About Brightmark
Brightmark is a global waste solutions company with a mission to Reimagine Waste. The company takes a holistic, closed-loop, circular economy approach to tackle the planet’s most pressing environmental challenges with imagination and optimism for the future. Through the deployment of disruptive, breakthrough waste-to-energy solutions focused on plastics renewal (plastic waste-to-fuel) and renewable natural gas (organic waste-to-fuel), Brightmark enables programs tailored explicitly to environmental needs to build scalable project solutions that have a positive impact on the world and communities in which its stakeholders live and work.
About Make Your Mark
We’re on a mission to Reimagine Waste. We create circular solutions that solve some of the world’s most pressing waste challenges. Our Make Your Mark page is designed to educate and inform those who seek to get involved by reducing consumption or recycling materials properly. We envision a world without waste, and this is our way of bringing you along with us.