Plastic grocery bags type 2 high density polyethylene film hdpe and type 4 low density or linear low density polyethylene film ldpe lldpe can be recycled at your local supermarket and other locations.
Recycle plastic grocery bags.
Covid 19 and plastic film recycling note.
But if you think you can toss them in with the bottles cans or cartons in your recycling bin we have some bad news.
Once the bags are recycled they are made into lumber trashcan liners or plastic bags.
Plastic bags wraps typically do not get recycled in curbside bins.
They must be returned to participating drop off locations such as retail stores for recycling.
Our stores collect this single use plastic packaging from you and combine it with other plastic packaging used in store.
In most areas of the country people should not mix plastic bags in with other recyclables.
Recycling a ton of plastic bags about 450 000 bags saves 11 barrels of oil.
Thank you for recycling your plastic bags and wraps.
Over the past three years the zero hunger zero waste program has recycled more than 180 million pounds of plastic.
Plastic shopping bags are recyclable.
To recycle old plastic bags re use them for your groceries instead of getting new bags each time.
Everything is sent away to be made into composite decking.
Plastic bag recycling process plastic bag recycling involves chipping the bags into pellets.
Alternatively use them as garbage bags for smaller bins around your house.
Bags require special sorting and processing machines and not every recycling plant has those.
Plastic bags don t biodegrade meaning it will take hundreds of years for them to decompose in a landfill.