The move is a shift in its approach to reducing single-use plastics by introducing a new grocerybag made of 75% recycled plastic ... often discarded after a single use and are not recyclable....
Since May 2024, the Pittsburgh-based grocery chain has offered customers reusable fabric bags to shop with ... "With this learning – and knowing that the fabric bags are not recyclable – we believe a change in approach is warranted," they said. Enter the chain's new disposable plastic bags, made out of 75% recycled plastic....
In Summit and Wasatch counties, residents have several convenient options for recycling soft plastics — the stretchy, scrunchable materials often used for bags and packaging. These include grocery and produce bags, bread and frozen food bags, zip-locks, toilet paper and dry-cleaning bags, bubble wrap, mailers, and more....
... handle mixed plastic waste and “hard-to-recycle” items like snack food wrappers and grocerybags ... Plastics companies say chemical recycling can handle “hard-to-recycle” items like grocerybags — but actually creating new products from pyrolysis has proven to be a major challenge....
The town of Vail will host a Hard to Recycle event from 10 a.m ... This will be the only Hard to Recycle event in 2025 ... Electronics, including computers, printers, televisions, phones, and small appliances, will be recycled with IT Refresh from Fort Collins ... Vinyl event banners will be upcycled into reusable grocerybags by Ecologic Designs in Boulder....
