What? Don’t recycle plastic bags? But they’re plastic! Yes! And, there ARE lots of places where you can recycle plastic bags.
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:
REMEMBER: It’s not that used, clean plastic bags, wraps and film can’t be recycled into new materials! They simply require a different collection system and processing equipment than many curbside recycling programs provide. So save them all and bring them next time you visit your favorite grocery store or Target, Walmart, JCPenney or Lowes.
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