How Do You Recycle Old Plastic Bags?
• Take them with you to the grocery store to be reused when bagging your groceries, instead of taking new ones. • Return your bags back to the grocery store for recycling. Most stores have a container to take these bags back and recycle them for you. • Keep plastic bags around the house to replace trash can liners in the bathrooms, office and bedrooms. Keep them anywhere you have a small trashcan. Keep some in the laundry room to throw out pocket trash found in clothes and empty the lint filter in the dryer. • Use plastic bags in the kitchen to store perishable trash in the refrigerator. This is especially good to do in the summer. If you have a long wait between trash pick-ups, it will keep flies out of your trash can. But remember: decomposing trash produces heat, so avoid doing this to not cause your fridge to work over-time (defeating the recycling purpose), and to not contaminate the rest of your good food. • Keep a stash of bags in each vehicle to help keep the car tidy. Hang one
• Take them with you to the grocery store to be reused when bagging your groceries, instead of taking new ones. • Return your bags back to the grocery store for recycling. Most stores have a container to take these bags back and recycle them for you. • Keep plastic bags around the house to replace trash can liners in the bathrooms, office and bedrooms. Keep them anywhere you have a small trashcan. Keep some in the laundry room to throw out pocket trash found in clothes and empty the lint filter in the dryer. • Use plastic bags in the kitchen to store perishable trash in the refrigerator. This is especially good to do in the summer. If you have a long wait between trash pick-ups, it will keep flies out of your trash can. But remember: decomposing trash produces heat, so avoid doing this to not cause your fridge to work over-time (defeating the recycling purpose), and to not contaminate the rest of your good food. • Keep a stash of bags in each vehicle to help keep the car tidy. Hang one
• Take them with you to the grocery store to be reused when bagging your groceries, instead of taking new ones. • Return your bags back to the grocery store for recycling. Most stores have a container to take these bags back and recycle them for you. • Keep plastic bags around the house to replace trash can liners in the bathrooms, office and bedrooms. Keep plastic bags around the house to replace trash can liners in the bathrooms, office and bedrooms. Keep them anywhere you have a small trashcan. Keep some in the laundry room to throw out pocket trash found in clothes and empty the lint filter in the dryer. • Use plastic bags in the kitchen to store perishable trash in the refrigerator. This is especially good to do in the summer. If you have a long wait between trash pick-ups, it will keep flies out of your trash can. But remember: decomposing trash produces heat, so avoid doing this to not cause your fridge to work over-time (defeating the recycling purpose), and to not contaminate
