The Hefty® Renew™ Orange Bag Program (formerly known as the Hefty® EnergyBag® Program) provides participating residents a way to collect hard-to-recycle plastics that are not accepted within the curbside recycle cart or at the Meridian Transfer Station. These orange bags serve as a way to divert various plastics from the landfill. There is no monthly cost to use this program.
How to participate:
- Purchase the Renew™ bags at participating grocery stores.* Visit the Hefty® ReNew™ website for a full list of retailers.
- Collect acceptable items.
- For a current list of accepted items, please visit the Hefty® ReNew website.
- Remember, items must be clean, dry, and free of any foil lining.
- Place full, securely tied bags in your recycling cart.
* If you have leftover Hefty® EnergyBag® orange bags, they will still be accepted.
What happens next to the orange bags?
- Republic Services’ drivers will haul your orange bags, with regular curbside recyclables, to the recycling processing facility located in Boise. There, the bags are hand-separated from the curbside recyclables and transported to cement manufacturing facilities that utilize the plastic for an energy resource that replaces some of the coal that fuels their kilns.
- For the latest news and program updates, visit the Hefty® ReNew™ website.