Recycling Mystery: Black-Colored Plastic

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By Daniel DernJan 7, 2021, 5:00 am243 pts
Black-colored plastic gets its color from carbon black pigment and is commonly used in food containers like meat or produce trays and take-out, as well as for disposable coffee lids, plastic bags, and hard plastic items like DVD cases and planters. While plastic is one of the categories of things that we are…

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