Eco-Cycle bags and film contain a minimum of 20% post-consumer recycled materials. Post-consumer recycled materials come from plastic that has been used and recycled by consumers. If the post-consumer waste hadn’t been recycled, it would have gone into the landfill. Only Eco-Cycle bags and film meets the ASTM definition of post-consumer recycled materials.
They are also recyclable. Recyclable bags are reprocessed into new products like outdoor decking and railing, construction items, and bags. Eco-Cycle is accepted at thousands of retail locations across the country that have plastic grocery bag recycling bins. Outlets are listed at www.plasticbagrecycling.org.
Eco-Cycle is used for newspaper delivery bags, telephone directory bags and a host of packaging & film applications.
Eco-Cycle bags and film have information printed on them telling consumers how easy it is to recycle, rather than throw away their plastic bags.
With Eco-Cycle, you can actively promote the steps you are taking to keep plastic out of your community’s landfill.
They cost the same or less and are just as strong as conventional bags and film.
Keep plastic bags and film out of the landfill |
According to the Federal Trade Commission's Green Guides, plastic that is thrown away go to landfills where they degrade slowly, if at all, even if they contain biodegradable additives. |