Kroger Plastic Bag Recycling

Customers can drop their unwanted plastic bags shrink wrap dry cleaning covers and like materials jeff wells 1 jul 01 2008.

Kroger plastic bag recycling.

Kroger will also continue to offer in store recycling services for plastic bags and other plastic films. Our stores collect this single use plastic packaging from you and combine it with other plastic packaging used in store. The city of cincinnati s forthcoming ban on single use plastic bags has raised a lot of questions many of them concerning kroger the biggest user of plastic bags in the region. Plastic recycling is a key feature of kroger 39 s efforts.

In 2019 kroger recycled more than 53 7 million pounds of plastic in our operations including the plastic film we recycle from our front of store collection program. Our manufacturing plants a decade ago kroger manufacturing launched an initiative to go zero waste to landfill to protect our planet reduce costs and help generate. Everything is sent away to be made into composite decking. Plastic bags wraps typically do not get recycled in curbside bins.

Rear of the store access via east lot. They must be returned to participating drop off locations such as retail stores for recycling. Kroger launches program to recycle simple truth packaging. Once you drop off those plastic bags and packaging in our bin where does it go.

Kroger was the first major us retailer to announce our goal to phase out single use plastic bags in our stores by 2025 and to encourage our customers to adopt more reusable carry out options. 71st and binford 5810 e. Thank you for recycling your plastic bags and wraps. Items in plastic bags cannot be recycled as the bags can get caught in the sorting facilities and put employees at risk of hazards.

How does the kroger co. Glass plastics and beverage and food cans must be washed. We want to be a trusted recycling partner for our customers but we recognize merely.