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This is so disheartening. I subscribed to and helped perpetuate The Lie. Damn. While we're on this topic, does anyone have info regarding what happens to the
by jh00ker 4y ago
This is so disheartening. I subscribed to and helped perpetuate The Lie. Damn.
While we're on this topic, does anyone have info regarding what happens to the plastic bags I return to my local (CA, US) grocery store collection bin? Are they part of a separate stream?
I add all sorts of used plastic bags to that bin (thin produce bags, the more heavy-duty grocery bags, Amazon padded shipping envelopes, deflated shipping air bags, clean zip lock bags, etc.). I also wonder if I'm gumming up the works by putting different types of plastic bags in the bin because most bags don't have recycle markings/numbers.
- NickRandom 4y agoSadly, almost certainly. The results of your action is that the entire load is rejected as mixed waste and sent to landfill rather than being able to be recycled so although your intentions are good, the end result is far worse than if you didn't do it all.
- Bedon292 4y agoYes, thin plastic bags are very bad for typical processing machines. They take them at grocery stores so they can be a different stream. Although I have my doubts that much recycling is actually done with them there too. Putting things in recycling that aren't explicitly accepted by your local facility is bad. Never put things in that aren't marked, and definitely not thin unmarked stuff. It increase the costs by gumming up processing equipment if they try to do something with it. And likely does just shunt the whole section over to the landfill. Although most of the stuff probably ends up there anyways. Same thing with greasy pizza boxes, they just taint the load.