Plastic Film Recycling
Located at the white bin next to the Organics/Yard Waste drop-off site at the Police Department Parking Lot (705 Syndicate Street)
Accepted vs. Unaccepted Materials (Printable List)
If you’re wondering whether our plastic recycling services can accept a specific material please see below. In summary, if the material does not stretch and you cannot poke your finger through it, we cannot recycle it. Moreover, we do not accept hard or crinkly material. A majority of what we recycle is #2 and #4 material. Lastly, all plastic must be clean, dry, and free of food residue.
Accepted Materials
We accept all colors of the following materials:
- Bread bags
- Carpet overwrap
- Case overwrap
- Cereal/pasta bags
- Dry cleaning bags
- Furniture foam wrap
- Garbage bags/liners
- Grocery/retail bags
- Heat sheets
- Ice bags
- Mattress bags
- Newspaper sleeves
- Non-paper bubble mailers/other plastic mailers
- Packaging air pillows
- Pallet wrap/stretch film
- Produce bags
- Product wrap
- Salt bags
- Toilet paper/paper towel/water bottle wrapping
- Wood pellet bags
- Ziploc/other resealable food storage bags
RELATED LINKS:
Organics & Yard Waste Recycling
Unaccepted Materials
We do not accept the following materials:
- Adhesives
- Aluminum/metallic-lined packaging (e.g. chip bags/candy wrappers)
- Biodegradable/compostable bags
- Bubble wrap
- Film packaging
- Freight/shipping air sacs
- Frozen food bags
- Hard plastic (e.g. water bottles)
- Material containing nylon (has grid-like appearance e.g. pet food bags)
- Metal
- Organic material (e.g. paper/cardboard)
- Pallet strapping
- Pre-washed salad mix bags
- Rubber
- Six-pack rings
- Sticker backing
- Wet material
Provided in part by grant funding from Scott County.