DOS Bags - Can I leave my recyclables in a grocery bag when I recycle them at the DOS?

NO!  Do not put plastic bags in the DOS Compactors. When plastic bags get mixed in with other recyclables, they’re difficult to sort out and often jam or damage machines.

The ONLY way to recycle plastic shopping bags is to return them to a participating store drop-off and NOT in your recycling bin.

Paper grocery bags can be recycled along with the paper/cardboard/newspaper (fibrous materials). 


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1. What do I do with old. . . . .
2. Drop Off Site - What is the DOS?
3. DOS Plastics - What should I KNOW before recycling plastics at the County DOS?
4. DOS Glass - What should I KNOW before recycling glass at the DOS?
5. DOS Fibrous - What should I KNOW before recycling cardboard / paper / fibrous materials at the DOS?
6. DOS Bags - Can I leave my recyclables in a grocery bag when I recycle them at the DOS?
7. DOS Clean - Do my recyclables NEED to be clean?
8. DOS Metals - What should I KNOW before recycling metals at the County DOS?
9. AEROSOL CANS
10. BATTERIES
11. BULK ITEMS - Like worn out mattress, sofa, chair, lawn furniture?
12. BOOKS
13. COLLECTION DAY - When is the next county-wide collection event?
14. COMPUTERS, MONITORS, ETC.
15. CONCRETE, ASPHALT, BRICK
16. CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS - REMODELING
17. FLORESCENT LIGHTS
18. FREON
19. FROZEN FOOD BOXES / PIZZA BOXES
20. PAINT
21. PESTICIDES
22. PLASTIC BAGS
23. PROPANE / GAS TANKS
24. SCRAP METALS
25. STYROFOAM / PACKING MATERIALS
26. TIRES
27. TRASH
28. TV (Televisions)
29. PLASTIC BAGS