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Can plastic be recycled and how can plastic be recycled and into what​

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There are two types of plastic, thermoset and thermoplastic. Thermoset plastics cannot be recycled due to the fact that they contain polymers that cross-link to form an irreversible chemical bond which means no matter what you can't just melt them into reusable products. Whereas thermoplastics can be remelted and remolded to form new plastic products. Things such as milk jugs, plastic bags, bottles, bottle caps, and foam packaging can be reused to make things like new bottles and containers, plastic lumber, picnic tables, lawn furniture, playground equipment, recycling bins, park benches, backyard decks and fences, t-shirts, sweaters, fleece jackets, insulation for jackets and sleeping bags, carpeting, more bottles, batteries for your car, garden rakes, storage containers, reusable shopping bags, yarn, ropes, brooms, more bottle caps, insulation, picture frames, building products for your home, and more foam packaging.

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