Recycle Plastics: Pop bottles, milks cans, and broken plastic items are some of the plastics that can be recycled. The amount of energy which can be saved by using recycled plastics instead of raw materials in the production of goods is nearly seventy percent. As such there is no immediate cash return for recycling plastics except to reduce manufacturing costs and maintaining them. The oil used to manufacture an item from raw materials rather than recycled material is also more. If more oil is used, the price of plastic will be higher, which also affects the price of oil.