Plastic Bags & Packaging

• Local grocery stores: Hy-Vee, Price-Chopper, Fareway 
• Area retail stores: Target, Wal-Mart, Younkers

Recycling Tips

• Make sure bags are clean and dry.
• Do not include compostable or degradable bags, pre-wash salad bags, frozen food bags or material that has been painted or glued.
• Recycle newspaper sleeves/bags, grocery and retail bags, plastic packaging from non-food items, bread bags, dry cleaning bags, water bottle case wrapping, fresh produce bags

Did You Know?

• The petroleum in 14 plastic bags could drive a car one mile.
• Americans use over 14 billion plastic bags a year.
• It takes 70 percent more global warming gases to make a paper bag than a plastic bag.
• Plastic bags do not biodegrade in landfills.
• Cities spend up to 17 cents per bag in disposal costs.