Where do you recycle bubble plastic mailers?

depglass · ‎03-10-2010

I've been putting these in the Walmart grocery bag bins. Wonder what they think about that? Also, there are combo bubble/butcher paper mailers. Totally stumped on those.

Sage04 · ‎07-10-2011

@depglass wrote:
I've been putting these in the Walmart grocery bag bins. Wonder what they think about that? Also, there are combo bubble/butcher paper mailers. Totally stumped on those.

@depglass I don't think there is anything wrong with that.

Ours is picked up on garbage day. One truck is for recycling and the other for garbage. This is done once a week on Mondays. Also if they can be reused I do, that is if no markings are on it.

CelticCrafter · ‎03-09-2010

After I black out the name and address, regular garbage.

Daisy Sunflower · ‎10-26-2010

We put them in the garbage.

JaneMarple · ‎05-23-2011

Where I live we have several recycling bins in a space for residents to use. So I put my bubble mailers, clothing bags that my new orders, Styrofoam etc. It is picked up every Thursday. I've become very conscience of what I put into the regular garbage.

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Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

@Daisy Sunflower wrote:

We put them in the garbage.

@Daisy Sunflower Same where I live. Apparently, plastic bags and other "soft" plastic items "gum up the works" in the recycling equipment.

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Icegoddess · ‎03-19-2010

Our recyclers won't take anything like that. They're even picky about the types of plastic bottles they'll take. So, those go in the garbage.

Sage04 · ‎07-10-2011

@Desertdi wrote:
@Daisy Sunflower wrote:

We put them in the garbage.
@Daisy Sunflower Same where I live. Apparently, plastic bags and other "soft" plastic items "gum up the works" in the recycling equipment.

@Desertdi so far they haven't said anything concerning that and we receive a few each week. Maybe once they receive them they sort through the recycle pail and remove them including the plastic bags.

Daisy Sunflower · ‎10-26-2010

I'm sure a lot of that stuff is disposed of anyway.

on the bay · ‎03-09-2010

Most counties have lists on their website to what can and cannot be recycled and I was amazed at all the things that cannot be recycled that most assume can be.

Things like stryofoam, plastic take out food containers, only certain kinds of plastic bottles, and many more cannot be recycled.

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