Where to recycle all that Amazon plastic and bubble packaging?

[Anonymous]

Our Recycle truck guy refuses to take ours in Montgomery county. Anytime I have a Brown bag filled with those, he just tosses them into my trash can or driveway.
I have tried recycling them at a Whole Food nearby- but I saw them dumping it in the trash can. I asked about store recycle and they said they just trash them.

Just to clarify I am talking about the white and blue envelope like plastic packaging with some cushioning ( they say store recycle but also have numbered recycle symbol on them).

Thanks for any suggestions.

[Anonymous]

Ups store

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our Recycle truck guy refuses to take ours in Montgomery county. Anytime I have a Brown bag filled with those, he just tosses them into my trash can or driveway.
I have tried recycling them at a Whole Food nearby- but I saw them dumping it in the trash can. I asked about store recycle and they said they just trash them.

Just to clarify I am talking about the white and blue envelope like plastic packaging with some cushioning ( they say store recycle but also have numbered recycle symbol on them).

Thanks for any suggestions.

Yes, please stop putting things in your recycling bin that are not accepted. People shouldn't have to pick through your bin to remove things that could damage their machinery or require someone to work to pull it out. Go on a field trip to the Recycling Center at Shady Grove and take a look at all of the stuff that they have to pull out.

Next, if you have a question about recycling in MoCo, we have an extensive page with a long list of items that you can click on to find out how to dispose of them. In your case, the link is here: https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/DepHowDoI/material.aspx?tag=plastic-bags&material_key=63

[Anonymous]

Freecycle this please I need those to mail packages I would totally reuse those, so would a lot of people.

[Anonymous]

These go in plastic bag recycling at Giant/safeway etc.

[Anonymous]

What about Whole Foods?
They have all kinds of categories of recycling bins by the exit. Plus, they have Amazon return section.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These go in plastic bag recycling at Giant/safeway etc.

that’s what we do too but I just saw a segment on ABC news that showed all of those bins of plastic bags go to poor countries where they sit in dumps or in communities and are not at all recycled. Sigh.

[Anonymous]

Here’s the segment: https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/plastic-bag-recycling-truths-revealed-109651987

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Freecycle this please I need those to mail packages I would totally reuse those, so would a lot of people.

Good to know. Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about Whole Foods?
They have all kinds of categories of recycling bins by the exit. Plus, they have Amazon return section.

Like I said in my post above- I have seen them dumping my recycle in their trash cans. That is why I posting this legit question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our Recycle truck guy refuses to take ours in Montgomery county. Anytime I have a Brown bag filled with those, he just tosses them into my trash can or driveway.
I have tried recycling them at a Whole Food nearby- but I saw them dumping it in the trash can. I asked about store recycle and they said they just trash them.

Just to clarify I am talking about the white and blue envelope like plastic packaging with some cushioning ( they say store recycle but also have numbered recycle symbol on them).

Thanks for any suggestions.

Yes, please stop putting things in your recycling bin that are not accepted. People shouldn't have to pick through your bin to remove things that could damage their machinery or require someone to work to pull it out. Go on a field trip to the Recycling Center at Shady Grove and take a look at all of the stuff that they have to pull out.

Next, if you have a question about recycling in MoCo, we have an extensive page with a long list of items that you can click on to find out how to dispose of them. In your case, the link is here: https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/DepHowDoI/material.aspx?tag=plastic-bags&material_key=63

Having a lovely weekend- hope the vitriol spewing has giving you immense power and happiness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ups store

Thank you. I did not know this. I will try the UPS store near me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about Whole Foods?
They have all kinds of categories of recycling bins by the exit. Plus, they have Amazon return section.

Please read my original post- I have tried at Whole Foods and I have seen them dump these recyclables in their trash can. I no longer take them there. Maybe a different Whole Foods might be worth a try.