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Instead of tossing them in your curbside recycling bin, store your plastic mailers with other plastic grocery or retail bags. In the spirit of recycling and conserving the environment, many stores and retail centers are now acting as collection points for this type of recyclable plastic.

Paper padded envelopes: If the envelope is padded with bubble wrap or plastic, the envelope cannot be recycled in your curbside bin. However, the plastic can usually be returned where you would take your plastic bags. Here's a great resource about recycling plastic mailers. Some padded envelopes are tricky.

(Moisture-activated adhesives?like those used on lick-to-seal envelopes?will dissolve in the water and are fine to throw in the bin.)

YES, but labels, tape, and adhesive strips SHOULD BE REMOVED prior to putting it in the recycling bin. The integrity of the bag isn't important?the recycler just wants the clean plastic.

All paper products, including glossy paper, are recyclable. It is ideal to remove plastic windows from envelopes before recycling them, but it's OK if you don't.

Envelopes (including those with plastic windows), catalogs and flyers can be recycled. Padded mailers should be tossed in the trash.

Padded envelopes can nearly always be placed in your curbside recycling bin. If your curbside recycling bin accepts paper products, you simply need to remove any plastic labels by cutting them away, then place them directly into your curbside recycling bin.

All paper products, including glossy paper, are recyclable. It is ideal to remove plastic windows from envelopes before recycling them, but it's OK if you don't.

Durability of a Shipping Envelope Bubble wrap is non-adhesive and can easily slide around, meaning objects shipped in bubble wrap can slip out of the casing and become damaged if not packed properly. This is where shipping envelopes come in handy.

Is bubble wrap recyclable? Yes. In many places, bubble wrap and plastic bubble mailers can be recycled by the same processors that handle other types of plastic films like grocery bags, produce bags and plastic wrappers. Mixed material mailers with paper laminated to bubble wrap cannot be recycled.