How do you dispose of plastic bags?

They can get tangled up in the machinery at recycling facilities, endangering workers and halting the recycling process. Instead, you can put them in your garbage cart or drop them off at a store with a plastic bag recycling bin. Here’s what you can recycle in store-drop off bins: Plastic bags.

Where can I recycle plastic bags in Chicago?

Recycle plastic bags and more at local retailers

Target, Best Buy, Walmart, Walgreens, Mariano’s and Jewel-Osco all participate; look for the Plastic Bag Recycling bins located near the front doors. Generally these recycling programs accept: clean bags and wrap made from #2 or #4 plastic film.

Can you recycle plastic supermarket bags?

Can you put plastic bags in recycle bin? If they are made of LDPE or HDPE, then they can be readily recycled through standard, council recycling schemes, so yes, pop them in your normal recycling bin.