Tired of plastic bags? Here's how to get rid of it

PHOENIX – From the mall to the grocery store, there are no plastic bags that escape.

But because recycling centers can not take them, and landfills really do not want them, the best way to get rid of plastic bags is to bring them back to where you have them.

The state of Arizona should have a type of plastic trash bin, "said Tim McCabe of the Arizona Food Marketing Alliance.

The group represents grocery stores across the state and, in 2007, put up garbage cans McCabe says that nearly 40 percent of people do not know what to do with them. Even more, can not make all other types of plastic bags.

"Thin plastic can also be recycled," says McCabe

This includes materials such as dry-cleaning packaging, freezer bags, toilet paper packaging and product bags. the stores send the bags to the companies which transform them into k benches and feeders. They also go to distribution centers where they are recycled into new plastic bags, he says.

And the cycle begins again

The most important part here is not to forget to bring back the bags. You can reduce the use of plastic bags by keeping reusable bags in your car.

Some towns in the valley like Phoenix and Mesa have inexpensive ways to recycle other things you wanted to get rid of. Here are some links to this information:

City of Phoenix
What to Recycle
Recycle Great Business

Town of Mesa
What to Recycle
Recycle Great Business
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