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had no idea you cant recycle plastic bags. really? why not?
by runsWphotons 3y ago
had no idea you cant recycle plastic bags. really? why not?
- winrid 3y agoThey can be, if pre-sorted correctly. But just putting them with the rest of the recyclables usually causes problems with clogging equipment - they get wrapped around things, then everything has to stop and workers have to go into the machines to clean them out. I assume future generations of equipment will improve on this but this equipment is pretty expensive to replace so it will take a while...
- JohnFen 3y ago> They can be, if pre-sorted correctly. There's no way to do this in my area. Nobody will accept plastic bags for recycling.
- keskival 3y agoIt depends. In Spain plastic bags are recycled along with other plastic and metal in the same bin.
- modo_mario 3y agoA lot of things you'd think can be recycled actually can't be. This video gives a good overview about the reason this belief is so prevalent.: https://youtu.be/PJnJ8mK3Q3g https://youtu.be/PJnJ8mK3Q3g
- isleyaardvark 3y agoYou can, but generally only in certain places in their own bin. Some grocery stores and some Home Depots offer plastic bag recycling.
- limitedfrom 3y agoThey can be. For example in SF, they should be combined and put into a bigger plastic bag[1] to be recycled. [1] https://www.recology.com/recology-san-francisco/what-goes-where/ https://www.recology.com/recology-san-francisco/what-goes-wh... (see under Recycle tab)