Old recycler learning new tricks

Does your grocery store have a collection point for clean grocery bags? Where is it? At the front of the store? Outside the door? Somewhere else?

Did you know you can probably recycle other kinds of clean, dry plastic bags and film, such as dry cleaner bags, at the same location?

Kroger #581

Tom Thumb #2554

We could collect some useful information and spread the word by posting photos like these with store names and numbers. That number is on your receipt, along with the address, phone, and probably the manager's name.

To be honest, I'm not exactly a hashtag kind of girl, but I hang out in grocery stores with my reusable shopping bags and my phone. Having a way to recycle the plastic film around the twelve-pack of Charmin constitutes a

MAJOR NEWS FLASH--DETAILS AT TEN! 

EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT! FURTHER BULLETINS AS EVENTS WARRANT!  in my world. 

If your store is a collection point, take a picture, and post it in the comments. #plastic film recycling And thanks from Mother Earth.

Now I have to go build an ark.

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