So, I recently purchased/unpacked an O gauge ready-built structure by Woodland Scenics. These are large buildings, as most of you know. The black plastic packaging base and the larger clear packaging cover are of no use to me once the item has been removed.
I'm not a 'tree-hugger' by nature (pun in there, I guess!
), but our township does provide a weekly recycling pick-up service. The only requirement (?) is that all items therein be marked with the appropriate recycling triangular symbol, designating the specific material of which it's made. In this case, those large Woodland plastic packaging pieces had no designation.
So........I called Woodland. This evening I got a phone call/reply. They're Polystyrene.....which would receive a '6' designation. I asked 'How come they're not so marked?'. To which the reply was, it's not been their practice........ HOWEVER, the representative indicated that she would treat this as a customer request and file a recommendation for change of practice.
Well.......we'll see. But in the meantime, if you have an opportunity to recycle these particular items, be so advised.
FWIW, always.......of course.
KD
