I started this blog in 2010 after reading an article by the National Academy of Sciences reporting results from a study indicating 33 specific household actions that will cut US carbon emissions by 123 million metric tons. I was inspired to step up to the plate and wanted to challange our family (and inspire others) to do our part. We made it only 17 days and then life ...(you know the story).


Fast forward three years: It's 2013 and I am re-inspired after attending three very eye opening films featured in our community's One Earth Film Festival. Our family is kicking off a new challange (more broad and perhaps less defined by a carbon metric) - to pursue one new action a day (for 365 days) that will positively affect climate change and sustainability. Let's see how far we make it!



Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Day 3: Recycle drycleaning bags correctly & other "film"

For years I have been putting our drycleaning plastic bags into our recycling bin only today to learn that they really don't belong.  It turns out drycleaning bags fall into the same catagory as plastic shopping bags and that catagory is called plastic “film”.  The catagory also includes: newspaper bags, bread bags, and even the wrapping on the outside of paper towels and toilet paper. If dry and clean of food or other contaminants zip lock bags and cereal box liner also can be recycled at retail-sponsored recycling programs like Jewel.  Looks like we will be creating a new bin for our plastic "film" recycling.

Cling wrap and prepackaged food bags including frozen food bags and prewashed salad bags are NOT to be lumped in this catagory.

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