Are plastic hangers recyclable?

How to recycle plastic hangers There are a couple of kinds of plastic hangers. There are the purely plastic hangers, available in a rainbow of colors, that you can pick up at any drug store. Then, there is the kind used to hang clothes in retail stores, which are a combination of plastic and metal. read more

Most tube plastic hangers are made of polystyrene, which is recycling symbol number six. This is one of the hardest types of plastic to recycle, mostly because Styrofoam is bulked into this category and is not widely recycled. read more

Ditto Hangers, a subsidiary of Green Heart Global in Oakland, Calif., offers its client retailers, including the Gap and L.L. Bean, a choice: a 100 percent recycled paper hanger or a 100 percent recycled PET (soda-bottle plastic) model. read more