{"id":247291,"date":"2024-03-20T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/amazon-says-its-plastic-packaging-can-be-recycled-it-usually-isnt\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T10:51:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T10:51:27","slug":"amazon-says-its-plastic-packaging-can-be-recycled-it-usually-isnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/amazon-says-its-plastic-packaging-can-be-recycled-it-usually-isnt\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon says its plastic packaging can be recycled. It usually isn&#8217;t."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\n      <iframe style=\"margin: 0 auto 20px; width: 100%; height: 100px; border: none; display: none\" data-project-id=\"Yual8er4aaQbafhcldNK\" allowfullscreen=\"false\" allowtransparency=\"\" allow=\"clipboard-read; clipboard-write\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"ad-auris-iframe\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">Feeling guilty about all those blue-and-white plastic Amazon bags piling up around the house? Fear not \u2014 they can be recycled! At least, that\u2019s what the packaging says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">For years now, Amazon\u2019s plastic bags, bubble-lined mailers, and air pillows have featured the ubiquitous \u201cchasing arrows\u201d recycling symbol along with the words \u201cstore drop-off.\u201d The idea is simple: Since most curbside recycling programs don\u2019t accept this type of plastic \u2014 it\u2019s too expensive to process and can clog machines \u2014 consumers can instead leave it at retail stores across the country. From there, this plastic, known as \u201cfilm,\u201d will go to a specialized facility and be turned into new products.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">The problem, however, is that the system doesn\u2019t seem to be working.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">An investigation published Tuesday by the nonprofits Environment America and U.S. Public&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/accountability\/amazon-says-its-plastic-packaging-can-be-recycled-an-investigation-finds-it-usually-isnt\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read full article originally published on grist.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feeling guilty about all those blue-and-white plastic Amazon bags piling up around the house? Fear not \u2014 they can be recycled! At least, that\u2019s what the packaging says. For years now, Amazon\u2019s plastic bags, bubble-lined mailers, and air pillows have featured the ubiquitous \u201cchasing arrows\u201d recycling symbol along with the words \u201cstore drop-off.\u201d The idea [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":247292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.0 (Yoast SEO v20.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Amazon says its plastic packaging can be recycled. 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