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Don't Trash it!

Add it to the Recycling Stream

Did you know you can now recycle your plastic in Auburn?

You can recycle your plastic packaging at the following dropoff points through a program coordinated by Auburn Rotary:

Briarpatch Food Co-op, 2505 Bell Road, Auburn, CA 95603
BelAir Supermarket, 2222 Grass Valley Hwy, Auburn, CA 95603
Raleys Supermarket, 13384 Lincoln Way, Auburn, CA 95603

Auburn Rotary collects the plastic on a weekly basis and transports them to Safeway or SaveMart, who have contracts with TREX.
Your plastic waste is turned into commercial building materials!

Safeway, 2550 Bell Road, Auburn, CA 95603
SaveMart, 386 Elm Ave, Auburn, CA 95603

Acceptable plastic materials are:

Grocery bags, bread bags, bubble wrap, dry cleaning bags, newspaper sleeves, ice bags, plastic shopping envelopes, Ziploc and other reclosable food storage bags, cereal bags, case overwrap, salt bags, pallet wrap and stretch film, wood pellet bags, and produce bags.

All plastic must be clean, dry and free of food residue.

Here is a map of recycling places in our region:

Find plastic bag recycling here.

Make a Difference

buy Recycled Products

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Local manufacturers who sell recycled products.

What if you changed out one item your business uses regularly for a sustainable version?

For example, here is a sugarcane fiber clamshell, an improvement on a styrofoam clamshell.

If you are sending your waste to be recycled, but you are not looking for recycled content in the products that you buy, then, in theory, you are not completing a cycle, and are not truly recycling.

Find recycled content products with the following directories:

Recycled-Content Building Products--This section of the Recycled Content Product Directory lists manufacturers of recycled-content building products.
Recycled-Content Product Manufacturers (RCPM)--May include products of any business in any country that manufactures or produces with recycled material. This directory is intended to be used by all types of buyers: government, business, and consumers.

RecycleStore--This database lists only products of businesses that are located in one of California's Recycling Market Development Zones (RMDZ). The RecycleStore is targeted at consumers.