Haines Friends of Recycling now accepts “number five” plastic at its recycling center, 2.5 Mile Small Tracts Road. Such plastics include most yogurt and cottage cheese containers.
Melissa Aronson, HFR chair, said the plastic has been collected on a trial basis since Saturday.
“We make $300 a ton, more or less, on one and two plastic,” Aronson said. “We make $30 a ton on number five, so a tenth of the amount, but we know…
