Author Archive Teresita Bastides-Heron

What NOT to Recycle in Your Curbside Buckets. Today’s Focus: PLASTIC BAGS

What? Don’t recycle plastic bags? But they’re plastic! Yes! And, there ARE lots of places where you can recycle plastic bags.

Mercer County Sustainability Coalition to host Greening Together April 24-30, 2021
Mercer County Sustainability Coalition to host Greening Together April 24-30, 2021

Green Teams from throughout Mercer County are organizing an Earth Week celebration in a way that has never been done before. Planned to run from April 24 &Read More

Mercer County Sustainability Coalition to host Greening Together April 24-30, 2021
Mercer County Sustainability Coalition to host Greening Together April 24-30, 2021

Green Teams from throughout Mercer County are organizing an Earth Week celebration in a way that has never been done before. Planned to run from April 24 &Read More

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Virtually all area grocery stores as well as Target, WalMart, JC Penney and Lowes have receptacles near or outside their front doors just for plastic bags, plastic wraps and plastic film such as dry cleaning
bags.

But please DON’T put these items in your curbside pickup buckets! PBS has a great little video that explains why:

Why you shouldn't recycle plastic bags at home

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