In most areas of the country people should not mix plastic bags in with other recyclables.
Recycle plastic grocery bags.
Recycling a ton of plastic bags about 450 000 bags saves 11 barrels of oil.
If you have a load of plastic bags you want to get rid of check the bottoms for a number 2 or 4 plastic symbol to make sure they can be recycled.
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.
Everything is sent away to be made into composite decking.
Over the past three years the zero hunger zero waste program has recycled more than 180 million pounds of plastic.
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.
Plastic bag recycling process plastic bag recycling involves chipping the bags into pellets.
They must be returned to participating drop off locations such as retail stores for recycling.
Thank you for recycling your plastic bags and wraps.
But if you think you can toss them in with the bottles cans or cartons in your recycling bin we have some bad news.
How to recycle plastic grocery bags.
To recycle old plastic bags re use them for your groceries instead of getting new bags each time.
Plastic bags wraps typically do not get recycled in curbside bins.
Alternatively use them as garbage bags for smaller bins around your house.
Plastic shopping bags are recyclable.
Once the bags are recycled they are made into lumber trashcan liners or plastic bags.