Question of the Week: Film Plastic Recycling

Time for our Question of the Week! The first person to respond with the correct answer will win an OSU ChicoBag. Submit your answer here (“Leave a Reply,” below) or on our Facebook page. Only one post per person, please. Question of the Week Film plastic is not accepted in campus or curbside recycling. Name three locations […]

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July 30, 2014

ChicoBag-win-meTime for our Question of the Week!

The first person to respond with the correct answer will win an OSU ChicoBag.

Submit your answer here (“Leave a Reply,” below) or on our Facebook page. Only one post per person, please.

Question of the Week

Film plastic is not accepted in campus or curbside recycling. Name three locations in Corvallis where you can take film plastic to be recycled.

Answer

In Corvallis, film plastic may be taken to the Republic Services Depot, as well as several grocery stores, including: Fred Meyer, Safeway, Grocery Outlet, and Winco.

Film plastic is the soft, stretchable plastic used for grocery bags and shrink wrap. Make sure that the film plastic is clean if you plan to recycle it.

This type of plastic is separately collected due to the damages it can cause to machinery at Material Recovery Facilities. Read more about this on our Recycling Mythbusters blog post.

And congratulations to Geoffrey Somnitz on Facebook, and Kit Arbogast here on the blog, for winning this week’s Question! Keep up the great work.


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2 thoughts on “Question of the Week: Film Plastic Recycling

  1. That is correct, making you the winner of this week’s Question!

    Due to some confusion with time stamps, we will have two winners this week, so please email me at student.recycling@oregonstate.edu with the address you’d like your ChicoBag sent to.

    And thanks for participating!

  2. Plastic films can be recycled at the Republic Services Depot or at grocery stores like: WinCo, Safeway, or FredMeyer.

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