Like all plastics collected for recycling, plastic film can be recycled into many useful products. Plastic film can be used to make composite lumber for making decks, benches, and playground sets. Plastic film can also be reprocessed into small pellets, which can be made into new bags, pallets, containers, crates, and pipe. Please remember not to place your bags/film in the blue recycling bin as they clog up machinery at the recycling facility. You can visit wastefreesd.org to find a plastic bag drop-off location near you. PLASTIC BAG/FILM RECYCLING
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Like all plastics collected forrecycling, plastic film can be
recycled into many usefulproducts. Plastic film can be
used to make compositelumber for making decks,benches, and playground
sets. Plastic film can also bereprocessed into small
pellets, which can be madeinto new bags, pallets,
containers, crates, and pipe.Please remember not to
place your bags/film in theblue recycling bin as theyclog up machinery at the
recycling facility. You can visitwastefreesd.org to find a
Product wrap on cases of water/soda bottles, papertowels, napkins, disposable cups, bathroom tissue,diapers, and female sanitary productsAny film packaging or bag that has the How2RecycleLabel shown at right
Retail, carryout, produce,newspaper, bread, anddry cleaning bags(clean, dry and free ofreceipts and clotheshangers) Zip-top food storagebags (clean and dry) Plastic shippingenvelopes (removelabels), bubble wrapand air pillows (deflate) Furniture and electronicwrapPlastic cereal box liners(but if it tears like paper,do not include)
Many grocery stores that used to accept plasticbags/film have temporarily halted collection. Please tryto hold on to your plastic bags at home until the grocerystores start accepting them again. The bags/film can allbe compressed and placed into another plastic bag.
Many big chain grocery stores have a lot of plastic filmsurrounding pallets of merchandise that enter their store.Manufacturers who ship the items to them can collectand recycle the plastic only when collected in largeamounts. Because of this, many stores are able to collectplastic bags and film from residents to be hauled awayby manufacturers. Most bags/film are then transportedto a recycling center where it is melted and mixed withwood pulp to create composite lumber for decking andoutdoor construction products. An example of acompany that does this is Trex, click here for moreinformation.
Make sure to only recycle clean and dry plasticbags/film. If unclean, the plastic bags can contaminatethe load and render it unusable.
GROCERY STORES, PLASTIC BAGS, ANDWHAT HAPPENS AFTER
