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by et-al 2255 days ago
Went on a garbage plant tour a few months back and we were advised not to practice optimistic recycling for this matter.

With plastics, if it's not hard plastic, don't hope it will be recycled. Soft plastics like bags end up gumming up the machines. Sure you can bundle the bags together in a ball and supposedly the waste collector will process it separately (i.e. outsource it to someone else), but the general public is better served with fewer exceptions. Just assume that any plastics aside from bottles and cartons are not recyclable.

Reduce, reuse, then recycle.