Ramsey County accepts plastic bags and plastic film at the Environmental Center for recycling.
Items accepted
Items must be clean, dry and free of food residue.
If unsure, check if the material stretches when pulled. It if stretches, it can be brought to the drop-off site. If the material tears like paper, is shiny, or makes a crunchy sound in your hand, it is NOT accepted for plastic film recycling and should go in the trash.
- Bubble wrap and air packets from shipping boxes.
- Dry cleaning bags.
- Food packaging such as bread bags, cereal, crackers and pasta bags and produce wrap.
- Garbage bags and liners (empty).
- Ice bags.
- Newspaper sleeves.
- Plastic shopping bags.
- Salt bags.
- Wrap from furniture such as carpet overwrap, furniture foam wrap, mattress bags, pallet wrap and stretch film.
- Wrap from household products such as paper towels, toilet paper and water bottles.
- Ziploc and other resealable food storage bags.
Items NOT accepted
These items cannot be brought to the Environmental Center for plastic bag and film recycling. If they have a plastic number 1, 2 or 5 on them, they can go in household recycling. If they do not have one of those recycling numbers, put them in the trash.
- Adhesives and sticker backing.
- Aluminum-lined or packaging with metallic lining, such as chip bags and candy bar wrappers.
- Biodegradable and compostable film and bags. If it is BPI certified compostable, it can be brought to a food scraps drop-off site.
- Frozen food bags.
- Hard plastic such as water bottles.
- Material with nylon – often looks like there is a grid in the plastic and is found in many pet food bags.
- Metal.
- Pre-washed salad mix bags.
- Rubber.
- Six-pack rings from drink packs.
- Wet material.
Not sure how to dispose of an item? Use our A to Z Green Guide or call 651-633-3279 (EASY).