Plastics labeled with resin codes between 1 and 7 used to all be eligible for recycling. Now, there's no market for some types of plastic, and nearly a quarter of what gets sent to sorting facilities ...

CDs are made out of this miscellaneous plastic category. Photo: Lucas Vallecillos (AP) If your item is marked by a number 7, that means it falls into the catch-all category of plastics that don’t fit ...