Are you surprised that Walmart accepts all of these plastic for recycling?
This was major to me The following plastics can be dropped off at Walmart for recycling. It includes Ziplock bags and dry cleaning bags! I got this information straight from a chat with a Walmart rep through the Walmart website.
This is the plastic you can drop-off:
plastic shopping bags (from any store — remove receipts, etc.)
food packaging (Ziploc-type bags) !
bread bags
plastic liners from cereal boxes (do not include if they tear like paper)
produce bags
dry cleaning bags (remove staples, receipts, hangars.)
plastic newspaper wrapping
product wrapping (such as covers a case of water bottles, etc.)!
bubble wrap and air pillows (popped)
plastic shipping envelopes (remove labeling)
And these are the ones that need to go into the trash
frozen food bags
cereal box liners that tear like paper
biodegradable bags
pre-washed salad bags
candy bar wrappers
chip bags
six-pack rings I don’t understand this one. I virtually never have those around and when I do I cut them up before I put them in the trash….I don’t understand why they couldn’t go into the recycle.
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Next I’m trying to track down how they recycle the plastic, what the physical process is. They’re hooking me up with our local store for that. I’ll get more information when it comes in.
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Good for them. But the problem, for me, is that to recycle at WalMart, you actually have to go to WalMart.
The one near me is always crowded; the parking lot is always seriously full, and any time I need to see a person, the line is at least 10 people long.
Where in the store is the recycling bin? If it were outside where I can just stop and drop stuff off, I might do so. If it’s some place indoors, forget it.
At mine it’s right when you first walk in,where you pick up your cart. If I’m in a rush and not planning on shopping, I’ll park right in front of the doors (‘illegally’) run the bags in and come right back out. 20 seconds tops.
I have them in a very large Goodwill bag hanging in our utility room. When it’s full I just grab them on my way to Walmart. They go in once every 6 months or so.
We’ve had a problem in my town: they told us they were recycling certain items, the city even won awards for their recycling programs, then it came out in the news that they were simply throwing those items in the garbage. I still do all I can, separating things, washing the items that need it, and reusing everything I possibly can.
I also use and reuse my own cloth bags, even those I collect fresh groceries in at the store.
Another thing I do is when I give a gift, I don’t do gift wrap. Instead, I buy the person, adult or child, a reusable bag and put the gifts in it. Children, of course, get smaller, more manageable bags.
That’s a bummer about your town. If I could organized a field trip for some students (I’m a sub) I’d take them to a recycling plant. They are really into it. When I hand them something to throw away they immediately ask, “Trash or cycler?” :D I heard them kind of rag on their parents (my son) for not cycling! Well, their little town doesn’t have recycle pick up. And Lord I wish they would STOP buying bottled water. They swear their water tastes bad, but it doesn’t. I drink it all the time. OH! I could get them a water filter for Christmas!
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