Recycle Bags

It can be tough to find an answer when you Google “what are ‘recyclable bags’,” but when creating custom reusable shopping bags for marketing and retail use, it is an important question to answer. Reusable bags are a great promotional marketing tool because they are eco-friendly and will last for many years of marketing. Still, once the bag has lived its usefulness, you want to be sure that the bag you created can be easily tossed into the recycling bin and not the landfill. Here are easy to remember tips when choosing your promotional bags.

Many retailers and marketers still use thick high-density polyethylene bags. The thought is that because they are thick and strong, they will be reused and then recycled. Plastic bags can be recycled, but it is a very difficult process.

 During processing plastic bags frequently get stuck in the equipment. So the obstruction can be removed, this means the machinery has to routinely be shut down. The actual process of recycling plastic bags is time consuming and difficult, so many recycling facilities do not process or accept plastic bags. This means it is often difficult for a consumer to find a place to drop off their bags for recycling.

 You can find places like home improvement stores or your local supermarket that usually take these bags, but they cannot be tossed easily into your home or office recycling bin.