H-E-B holds Gulf Coast Region TEXAS RECYCLES DAY November 13, 14, 15 at Botanical Gardens!
H-E-B pays your admission IF you bring along a recycled plastic bottle, or single-use plastic bag, per person.
Bring more to help the Gardens win a $1000 Gift Card for the most recycle volume!
South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center invites the public to celebrate Texas
Recycles Day, sponsored by H-E-B, November 13-15. Each visitor who brings a plastic bottle
or single-use plastic bag from any retailer receives FREE ADMISSION that day to the
Botanical Gardens, normally a $12 value for adults!
“Preserving the environment is a mission of both H-E-B and the Botanical Gardens. Visitors
can help conserve and protect “Our Texas, Our Future” as they enjoy the Botanical Gardens
& Nature Center’s many floral exhibits and entertaining Butterfly House, Treehouse,
Resident Reptiles and tropical parrots,” emphasized Dr. Michael Womack, STBGNC Executive
Director.
H-E-B’s Recycling Operation
Visitors’ recyclable items will be placed in a special recycling bin after check-in; and they can learn how H-E-Bs across their market areas process reusable items brought to their stores, placing them in salvage trucks going to the San Antonio H-E-B Returned Goods Center, where partners sort items for bailing. Bails are sent to recycling vendors, rendered into plastic pellets to produce new plastic products i.e. “Field & Future” trash bags, composite
building materials, more. H-E-B has recycled more than 58 million pounds of plastic bags since 2004! Customers are urged each store visit to return their single-use plastic bags to the store, since the City of Corpus Christi no longer recycles them. For more about the company’s recycling efforts and sustainability commitment, please visit https://ourtexasourfuture.com/plastic-bag-recycling
What Types of Plastic Bags & Film Can I Recycle at My H-E-B?
These clean, dry plastic bags & packaging can be recycled at your H-E-B:
- Plastic grocery bags from ANY retailer
- Newspaper bags
- Produce bags
- Bread bags
- Overwrap film from bottled water, toilet paper, or paper towel packaging
- Plastic package delivery envelopes, including bubble wrap envelopes
- Plastic package insulation, i.e., plastic air bags and bubble wrap
- Plastic food storage bags
- Zipper sandwich bags
- Plastic Six-Pack Rings
What Types of Plastic Bags & Film CAN’T Be Recycled at My H-E-B?
These types of plastic bags & packaging cannot currently be recycled at your H-E-B:
- Plastic floral wrap
- Plastic wrap from Meal Simple meals
- Plastic bags marked with a Plastic #7 symbol
- Candy wrappers
- Biodegradable or compostable bags
- Pet food bags
- Milk bottles and jugs
- Frozen food packaging (I.e., the plastic bags frozen vegetables come in)