Zippered Plastic Baggies
- DON’T put them in curbside recycling
- DO drop these bags off at local drop-off locations
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These small, resealable plastic bags are common in most households. Unfortunately, they can not be recycled via the city’s curbside recycling program because they are too thin and can cause problems with the recycling equipment. Instead, drop these baggies off at locations that accept plastic bags and films.
There are also lots of re-usable alternatives now available for these bags.
Drop them off at dedicated local locations.
There are some local locations where you can drop off most kinds of plastic bags and other flexible film plastics. The Plastic Film Recycling.org site keeps an up-to-date list that is searchable by zip code. For plastic baggies with hard zippers on them, remove these zippers before recycling.
These local chains typically have plastic bag collection bins on site:
- Giant Eagle
- Target
- Lowe’s
- Whole Foods
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