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Can I recycle something that has no recycling symbol?

Such as sandwich baggies, shredded cheese bags & other misc packaging that does promote recycling by use of the symbol?
I meant any packaging that DOES NOT have the recycling symbol. My transfer station takes ALL plastics, aluminum, papers etc. I recycle everything that has the universal symbol….

Very generally speaking, the items you mention are not recyclable. The difficulty would be that the facility that ends up with your recyclables would not be able to tell what the items are made of, so they would have to discard them.

Sandwich baggies are usually made with #4 plastics, which many recycling facilities do not accept. I’m not sure what the shredded cheese bags are made of; different manufacturers would use different types of plastics, but the cheese bags may also be #4′s.

At my Recycling Center, we do not accept food wrappers or baggies for that very reason.

Unfortunately, not everything is recyclable. But bless you for trying!

Big baggies and little bags

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