Bags: Trash
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High-Recycled Content Plastic Trash Bags (California-Compliant)
When to UseIf you compost and recycle, you'll lower your refuse bill and you won't need to buy trash bags. Your trash bin would only have dry, non-food items.
Recycle everything at RecycleWhere.org in San Francisco or Earth911.org elsewhere.Manufacturer(s)City Approved Vendor(s)
Metro W. PlasticsOther Vendor(s)Product/Service TypeConsumer, Industrial
Suggested
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Prohibited
Info on this product category: Bags: Trash
Criteria for Bags: Trash
Plastic bags that have a thickness of 0.7 mil or greater are required to meet either one of the following (per California Public Resources Code section 42290):
- Must have recycled plastic postconsumer material (RPPCM) equal to at least 10% of the weight of the bags; or
- At least 30% of the weight of material used in all of its plastic products is RPPCM.
Last updated
Last updated:
January 24, 2020
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