Submitted by troy_theboy t3_119kh3y in newjersey
Since the bag ban my local ShopRite is no longer collecting and recycling plastic bags. Any recs on where to recycle my years worth of bags I have hoarded?
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[deleted] t1_j9mo1ki wrote
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ehm1217 t1_j9mrsc6 wrote
Target, Acme and Wegmans still have collection bins for them.
foodguyDoodguy t1_j9msg04 wrote
They don’t get recycled. It’s a myth, like recycling in general, only way worse. Find someone with a cat that needs to clean out a litter box regularly. Give them to them and they will love you for it. https://ecologycenter.org/blog/trying-to-recycle-that-plastic-bag-the-odds-are-nine-to-one-its-not-happening/
coreylaheyjr t1_j9mv2go wrote
This!! I was just thinking how much I’d love to take those plastic bags off of their hands for that exact reason 🤣
coreylaheyjr t1_j9mv64c wrote
Honestly, like others have said: give them to a cat owner, use them for your trash (maybe for smaller waste bins?), etc.
foodguyDoodguy t1_j9myapl wrote
They’ll be like gold in 6 months.
Ginger8682 t1_j9myutx wrote
I’m sure animal shelters will take them.
TodayTimeDeux t1_j9mzlll wrote
Kohls has bins near the pick up/returns section
Sendtitpics215 t1_j9n6hjj wrote
Um, any chance I could have them?
tonyblow2345 t1_j9n7w0c wrote
Post them for free locally. Someone will gladly take them off your hands. I use my hoard for my small trash cans.
herslave2 t1_j9nxunl wrote
What town are you in if your close I'll take them
Beans-and-frank t1_j9o0wsh wrote
Doesn't matter anyway as they don't actually recycle them. You raised a stink so they put an extra receptacle out but they're just dumping it into their trash dumpster.
mac_a_bee t1_j9ombx0 wrote
>they don't actually recycle them...they're just dumping it into their trash dumpster.
https://apps.npr.org/plastics-recycling/
blumpkin_donuts t1_j9puloc wrote
Give them to people who own cats.
troy_theboy OP t1_j9pwrww wrote
Great idea!
lsp2005 t1_j9qxt17 wrote
I use mine as trash can liners. I still have a few left. What county are you in. I would gladly use them.
newwriter365 t1_j9mn6id wrote
I’d be happy to take some of your bathroom garbage can liners. Unfortunately, I think you need to include them in your regular trash.