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Georgia's Got Recycling in the Bag

July 30th, 2012 in Girl Scouts Kroger plastic bag recycling Georgia Recycling Coalition Keep Thomas County Beautiful Trex Textraw A Bag's Life

Since launching A Bag’s Life earlier this year, Georgia recycling advocates have been busy getting the word out that there is more to me than a one-time tote.

From the southernmost boarder in historic Thomasville, northwest to Rome at the Alabama line and into the heart of metropolitan Atlanta, folks are embracing the notion that I’m not just a pretty face. :-)

Kroger Celebrates 'A Bag's Life' This Earth Day

April 19th, 2012 in Earth Day plastic bag recycling Kroger environment Green

Kroger, in partnership with several local organizations, is celebrating Earth Day by encouraging customers to value “A Bag’s Life” – a recycling movement that locates drop-off sites for plastic bags and wraps, including the 215 Kroger stores across its Atlanta Division that will accept customers’ plastic bags between April 16 – 22.

Talk about 'Gimme a second chance...

September 15th, 2011 in Kroger Target plastic bag recycling Green recycling

Kudos to Kroger and Target for rockin’ on their recycling programs.

Through Kroger’s Plastic Recycling Program, plastic bags, dry-cleaning bags and plastic shrink-wrap can be recycled in all stores. Plastic bags are collected and recycled into other products like plastic landscape bricks, plastic lumber and other plastic bags.

This program resulted in 26 million pounds of plastic being recycled from stores and distribution centers last year. This represents a 180 percent increase in plastic recycling since 2007!