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Re:Blue Apron Plummets After Amazon Files for Meal-Kit Trade... by jonknee on Monday July 17, 2017 @12:49PM (#14790238)
The manufacturer has a program to recycle them:

https://sealedair.com/product-care/recycling-bubble-wrap-pla...

You can also use Amazon boxes to donate used clothes and household items:

http://givebackbox.com/amazon

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Re:Blue Apron Plummets After Amazon Files for Meal-Kit Trade... by chaostheory on Monday July 17, 2017 @02:28PM (#14791122)
givebackbox is cool.

Took a look at sealedair's 'program'. I could be wrong, but it looks like it's just links to other organizations' directories of local recycling programs; most of which are retail stores. Here's why I don't trust retail stores (Best Buy, Home Depot, Lowes, Safeway, etc...): while they do a great job of marketing their 'recycling programs' most of what we put into their recycle bins just end up in their normal dumpsters which defeats the purpose.

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Re:Blue Apron Plummets After Amazon Files for Meal-Kit Trade... by jonknee on Monday July 17, 2017 @02:35PM (#14791182)
No, it says to send it back to them:

> The deflated cells can be sent to any of a number of Sealed Air locations where they will be recycled back into LDPE

If you're in the US, send them here:

  Ameri-Pak, Inc.
  Sealed Air Recycle Center
  477 South Woods Dr.
  Fountain Inn, South Carolina 29644
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Re:Blue Apron Plummets After Amazon Files for Meal-Kit Trade... by chaostheory on Monday July 17, 2017 @07:32PM (#14793203)
That's not a good program... but it's better than nothing.
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