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Both water bottles and grocery bags are recyclable. While the grocery store I go to the most removed the grocery bag recycling bins they used to have, I believe

Both water bottles and grocery bags are recyclable. While the grocery store I go to the most removed the grocery bag recycling bins they used to have, I believe they are still accepted at the Target stores around town, along with other types of recyclables. You may have easy options for recycling where you can drop stuff off as part of normal shopping trips.

_nickwhite 9y ago
Where I live, the trash company is the same as the recycling company, so it's very likely the recycle (at least some portion of it) ends up in the trash. Better to just avoid the plastics, which is actually pretty impossible for some items.
- dawnerd 9y ago
  Alternately they presort everything like my old city did. Same trucks would pick up both cans.
- unkown-unknowns 9y ago
  > the trash company is the same as the recycling company, so it's very likely the recycle (at least some portion of it) ends up in the trash No that doesn't make sense. If they didn't care about recycling why would they make people sort their trash in the first place?
  - kbart 9y ago
    "If they didn't care about recycling why would they make people sort their trash in the first place?" At least in EU, companies can get generous grants for recycling, but there's little oversight, so often "recycling" part is only on paper or small part of total waste. Few years ago there was scandal in Lithuania, because thrash companies put different containers for plastics, glass, organics etc. but everything was collected by the same truck and mixed in the same trunk.
- ptero 9y ago
  I think a single company for both is pretty common. It is true where I live, too. However, I seriously doubt they throw recycling into trash. There are a lot of people who would see this and among them I bet one or two would care enough to snap a picture which I suspect would make the company lose municipal contracts in a flash (and get slapped with a hefty fine). I do not think they care that much about the environment, but with the current attention to the recycling issues throwing recycling into trash seems just very bad business -- high risk, very high cost.

_nickwhite 9y ago

Where I live, the trash company is the same as the recycling company, so it's very likely the recycle (at least some portion of it) ends up in the trash. Better to just avoid the plastics, which is actually pretty impossible for some items.

dawnerd 9y ago
Alternately they presort everything like my old city did. Same trucks would pick up both cans.
unkown-unknowns 9y ago
> the trash company is the same as the recycling company, so it's very likely the recycle (at least some portion of it) ends up in the trash No that doesn't make sense. If they didn't care about recycling why would they make people sort their trash in the first place?
- kbart 9y ago
  "If they didn't care about recycling why would they make people sort their trash in the first place?" At least in EU, companies can get generous grants for recycling, but there's little oversight, so often "recycling" part is only on paper or small part of total waste. Few years ago there was scandal in Lithuania, because thrash companies put different containers for plastics, glass, organics etc. but everything was collected by the same truck and mixed in the same trunk.
ptero 9y ago
I think a single company for both is pretty common. It is true where I live, too. However, I seriously doubt they throw recycling into trash. There are a lot of people who would see this and among them I bet one or two would care enough to snap a picture which I suspect would make the company lose municipal contracts in a flash (and get slapped with a hefty fine). I do not think they care that much about the environment, but with the current attention to the recycling issues throwing recycling into trash seems just very bad business -- high risk, very high cost.