{"id":525,"date":"2020-10-01T17:45:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T17:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/?p=525"},"modified":"2024-11-11T18:57:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T18:57:28","slug":"the-hefty-energy-bag-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/01\/the-hefty-energy-bag-program\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hefty Energy Bag Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"525\" class=\"elementor elementor-525\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9aa2952 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9aa2952\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Hefty-Energy-Bag-Program-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-527\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Hefty-Energy-Bag-Program-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Hefty-Energy-Bag-Program-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Hefty-Energy-Bag-Program-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Hefty-Energy-Bag-Program.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b81e880 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b81e880\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"viewer-a2e8t\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Written by: Melissa Cook (2020)<\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-5odf1\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Every year, roughly 120 billion plastic bags are used by Americans.\u00a0 What do you do with those bags once you&#8217;re done unloading your groceries?\u00a0 Do they go in your recycling bin?\u00a0 Maybe you save them in your pantry as a just in case kind of thing.\u00a0 Or maybe you just habitually toss them in the trash can.\u00a0 Plastic bags are actually not recyclable curbside &#8211; they need to be brought back to the grocery store for recycling.\u00a0 There are approximately 18,000 plastic bag drop-off bins at major grocery store chains, including Walmart and Target, around the country.\u00a0 These retailers send the plastic to those who recycle, who use the material in products such as composite decking.\u00a0 What is so shocking is that enough plastic is thrown away each year to circle the Earth four times.\u00a0 One step to help achieve positive long-term environmental and economic advantages is The Hefty Energy Bag program.\u00a0 This program collects previously hard-to-recycle plastics at curbside and converts them into valuable resources.\u00a0 Waste plastics suitable for this program are converted into valuable resources, like diesel fuel, oil and wax.\u00a0 These bags can be placed at the end of your driveway and will be picked up on your regularly-scheduled recycling pick-up.<\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-3bhmp\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\">The following items can go in your recycling bin, as long as they&#8217;re clean and dry &#8212; plastic bottles and containers, food and beverage cans, paper, flattened cardboard and paperboard, food and beverage containers and glass bottles and containers.\u00a0 These items are not accepted in your recycling bin &#8212; bagged recyclables, plastic bags, plastic wrap and film, flexible packaging, cups with wax or plastic coatings or dirty diapers.\u00a0 A lot of people think that plastic bags are okay to put in their recycling bin but do to their ability to get tangled in equipment, they are not 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