What's In The Bag? Better Not Be Recyclables

BRANFORD, CT—If there is a zombie apocalypse, the walking dead will recognize at least one thing from their previous life: plastic bags. There's almost no killing those things. And now that Connecticut's ban on single-use bags has in its two months on the books become routine, it's time to ban those bags from your recycling bins. And any other loose sheets of plastic, for that matter: wrapping and film, for example.

The town of Branford is asking that residents, all recycling devotees assuredly, not wrap their recyclables up in plastic bags.

On a colorful flyer, the town says “plastic bags of any kind are not recyclable in your curbside recycling bin.” And that includes all that plastic wrapping from any number of consumer items.

The town notes that plastic wrapping, film or bags can be recycled at local stores including Stop & Shop, Big Y, Walmart and Kohl's, for example.

All items in recycling bins should be loose. And paper products can be bundled together with string or placed in a brown paper bag.

For answers to questions or concerns, visit the town's solid waste and recycling web page or call 203-315-0622. And here's where you can learn more about what, and how, to do curbside recycling.