Black plastics are basically not recyclable due to their color. They can also contain unregulated amounts of toxic chemicals including heavy metals and flame retardants which means they could be hazardous to your health.
More than 15 million metric tons of plastic enter the ocean each year and experts predict that there will be one pound of plastic in the ocean for every three pounds of fish by 2025.
Although black plastic makes up 15% of all plastic recyclables (largely single-use food containers), the vast majority is not recycled because the infrared technology used by recycling facilities to sort plastics cannot “see” the color black. As a result of this failure, most black plastic items end up in our landfills, incinerators, oceans and rivers after just a single use.