Whole Foods Market, in partnership with a company called Preserve, is now offering a program called Gimme 5 that enables consumers to recycle number 5 plastics. These plastics cannot currently be recycled in our blue bins. Common items made of number 5 plastic are medicine bottles and yogurt, hummus and cottage cheese containers. Preserve will use the plastic to manufacture its household and personal products. The Garden City store is participating in the pilot program, so save those number 5 containers and drop them in the designated bin at Whole Foods the next time you’re in Garden City.
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