Black Plastic Goes in Garbage

Most recycling facilities, like the Victorville Materials Recovery Facility, use machines that “read” materials with infrared light — but black plastic absorbs that light, so the machines can’t see it and it just gets tossed with trash at the sorting center.
👉 Please keep black plastics out of your recycling cart to help keep our recycling stream clean and processing efficient.
💡 Reducing your use of black plastic (like take-out trays and produce containers) is one of the best ways to reduce waste and support recycling that actually works!
Learn more about plastic recycling in our High Desert and Mountain communities at 👉 https://urecycle.org/blog/why-plastic-recycling-isnt-so-simple/