Publix - It's National Recycling Day! Did you know when you put your plastic bags in the recycling bins in front of our stores, we send them off to create handheld shopping
![Shoppers pass a recycling containers loaded with used single-use plastic bags at the Publix supermarket in The Villages retirement community in Florida, Wednesday, October 14, 2009. (Photo by Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/MCT/Sipa Shoppers pass a recycling containers loaded with used single-use plastic bags at the Publix supermarket in The Villages retirement community in Florida, Wednesday, October 14, 2009. (Photo by Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/MCT/Sipa](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2F1BR1Y/shoppers-pass-a-recycling-containers-loaded-with-used-single-use-plastic-bags-at-the-publix-supermarket-in-the-villages-retirement-community-in-florida-wednesday-october-14-2009-photo-by-stephen-m-dowellorlando-sentinelmctsipa-usa-2F1BR1Y.jpg)
Shoppers pass a recycling containers loaded with used single-use plastic bags at the Publix supermarket in The Villages retirement community in Florida, Wednesday, October 14, 2009. (Photo by Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/MCT/Sipa
![Harvest Hope Food Bank on Twitter: "Thank you to @Publix for donating 6,000 new plastic bags to our Emergency Food Pantries! These bags will be used to bag fresh fruits and produce! Harvest Hope Food Bank on Twitter: "Thank you to @Publix for donating 6,000 new plastic bags to our Emergency Food Pantries! These bags will be used to bag fresh fruits and produce!](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVBAt6NWkAYDevV.jpg)
Harvest Hope Food Bank on Twitter: "Thank you to @Publix for donating 6,000 new plastic bags to our Emergency Food Pantries! These bags will be used to bag fresh fruits and produce!
![Grocery Stores and Local Recycling Centers Offer Solution to Plastic Bag Pollution — Grady Newsource Grocery Stores and Local Recycling Centers Offer Solution to Plastic Bag Pollution — Grady Newsource](https://gradynewsource.uga.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_3188.jpeg)