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Re:Plastic recycling is a problem consumers can't solve by tgb on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @10:10PM (#17413543)
This is what Blue Apron recommends for "recycling" their freezer packs:

"We recommend cutting the ice pack open and disposing of the gel in the trash. You can then recycle on your own or send back to us!" [1]

Yes, you take the stuff out of the freezer pack bag and put it into a new bag, and recycle the old bag. Where does the new bag go? In the trash.

[1] https://twitter.com/blueapron/status/652141163948847104?lang...

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Re:Plastic recycling is a problem consumers can't solve by ddoolin on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @10:37PM (#17413652)
This exact same thing happened with Amazon Fresh. Used to have a way to return ice packs, now you cannot. The instructions are the same: cut the pack, drain gel, recycle?
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Re:Plastic recycling is a problem consumers can't solve by dabockster on Thursday June 28, 2018 @12:06AM (#17413984)
In Seattle, Amazon Fresh was using dry ice for a while. My friends and I would just cut up the block of dry ice and use it to smoke our cocktails.
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