Recycled material for plastic?

Question

someone knows where they get the recycled mateiral for palstic bags ? I visited a website and they say their plastic bags use 100% recycled mateiral, but as far as i know, most landfill faciclites dont recycle plastic bags because it is a labour based job ,so where do they get these recycled material for plastic ?

thanks

Answer 1

The bags that are recycled (about 1%) are often gathered in the recycling bins outside of most major grocery stores.

Answer 2

Plastic bags are made of LDPE, Low-Density Polyethylene.

Bags are too hard to recycle because they thin and labor intensive to sort, clean, etc.

However, number 4 recyclable plastics are also LDPE and this is probably the major source of the material.