DSmart Shopper’s Card

When you’re at the market, buying green can

turn into a memory test: Which fish is safe?

Which conventionally grown fruit are okay to

buy, and which tend to have pesticides? Tear out

this Green Guide Smart Shopper’s Card and carry

it in your wallet to pull out when you need it.

There will be one in every issue of the Green

Guide, or you can go online at thegreenguide.com,

download any of the cards we’ve already created,

and print your own—for free.

Plastic Picks

Decipher the code and choose the safest, easiest-to-recycle plastic food-storage containers.

Smart Shopper’s Card DPlastic Picks

PET or PETE (polyethylene terephthalate)

¹ Safe Recyclable

HDPE (high-density polyethylene)

² Safe Recyclable

VINYL OR PVC (polyvinyl chloride)

³ Avoid Not recyclable

LDPE (low-density polyethylene)

⁴ Safe Recyclable: accepted at plastic bag recycling centers

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PP (polypropylene)

⁵ Safe

Recyclable: check with your local curbside-recycling program

PS (polystyrene)

⁶ Avoid

Recyclable: check with your local curbside-recycling program

(miscellaneous) includes varieties listed below:

⁷ PC

Questionable

Not recyclable

PLA (polyactide, made from renewable plant resources) Safe