HEB, a local grocery store chain, in Texas recycles lots of plastic bags and film. 1) They must be clean and dry. 2) No receipts, labels, stickers. Cut or pull those off. The bin is narrow and fills up fast, just a heads up. Plastic bags, mailers and film can also be recycled at Central…
Update from Austin Resource Recovery staff December 2021: The white and blue Amazon bubble mailer is not accepted at the Austin Recycle & Reuse Drop-off Center. It has too much glue attaching the inside clear bubble wrap to the white and blue outside. ARR directed these to the HEB plastic bag stations for recycling. Don’t…
*This post has been updated December 2019 to provide additional information on how to contact Amazon and alternative methods of accessing a pickup site. There’s been some confusion with the Amazon mailers so I’m going to clarify how to handle each one. This is Amazon’s first mailer. It’s a yellow paper envelope lined in clear…