CRV Store said only #1 bottles are CRV, the #1 plastics are not so they won't take it, tho it says #1
After about 15 years, I started recycling to turn in for cash. I just went to the CRV Only Store to recycle my #1 plastics PET & PETE. I had a mix of bottles and food container plastics. All were #1 PET or PETE. They said the containers are not CRV. They said people get confused because it does say in the triangle 1 but it is not a CRV 1. So they took my bottles but said the others are considered trash. I didn't know. So, that was disappointing. Had (6) 30 gal. bags of those mixed plastics and less then half were bottles. Meaning maybe 2-3 of those bags were refundable. I got $10 for 6.9lbs at $1.46/lb. Not sure if it is worth recycling plastics. I'd have to collect 6-7 of those 30gal bags just for maybe $20-$25? Takes up space. Not sure if it's worth it.
At least it is not as heavy as the 135lbs of glass I took in about a year ago. Only got $35 for that. A lot of weight to haul for $35 bucks and those take up space. Mostly wine bottle size and smaller. That's just not worth it for me. So, those I'll put out for the less fortunate people around here. They'll take them. I'll probably do the same for the plastics.
I mostly recycled cans before, so those you get the best value for. I squash them so I can fit more in the bags.
So, is that true? You can only get a refund for the #1 bottles and not the other #1 plastics?