Soft Plastic Recycling For Your Business, Organization, Or Enterprise

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Soft Plastic cannot go in your regular recycling bin. We ensure your plastic doesn’t end up in a landfill.

  • Fill Up

    Throw all your stretchy, soft plastic material in the Soft Plastic & Plastic Film Recycling Receptacle that WasteNot provides.

  • Leave Out

    Leave your receptacle in its service location on service day and our team will come by to weigh and empty your receptacle.

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What Plastic Film can be recycled?

WasteNot is able to recycle all plastic films that stretch easily, but not plastic that tears like paper, is shiny, or is crinkly.

Accepted plastics must be DRY, CLEAN, & RESIDUE-FREE.

    • Grocery & plastic bags

    • Bread & produce bags

    • Ice bags

    • Retail Bags

    • Bubble wrap

    • Stretch film & air pillows

    • Newspaper sleeves

    • Zipper & Resealable Food Storage bags

    • Plastic films labeled #2 or #4

    • Case overwrap & product wrap

    • Dry cleaning covers

    • Any other plastic that stretches when pulled

  • Common Contaminants:

    • Dirty plastic film

    • Wet plastic film

    • Stickers/labels

    • Meat packaging (including lunch meat)

    • Candy wrappers

    • Chip bags

    • Plastic that tears like paper, is shiny, or is crinkly

    Other:

    • Aluminum foil

    • Stickers, labels, tape

    • Styrofoam

    • Frozen food packaging

    • Metallized and multilayer packaging

    • Packing peanuts

    • Laminated film

    • Personal protective equipment like gloves & masks

    • Net/mesh produce bags

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Why recycle Soft Plastics?

  • Separating soft plastics allows for greater retention of the material. It can be properly reused or recycled, minimizing the amount of plastic sent to landfills. By reducing the presence of plastic in landfills, you can prevent the pollution of land, rivers, and oceans too!

  • Recycling soft plastics also reduces consumption of raw materials and conserves resources. It allows for new plastic materials to be made, without using up more resources.

  • Reliable and sustainable soft plastic recycling pickup with our 100% electric vehicles.

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