PerspectivesOnPlastic

Three empty large plastic manure bags are sitting in the garden. At the bottom left you will see the sign that these are recyclable.  That's the theory.  It's always worth checking however.  Jessie Harrison-Ford from Herts County Council Waste Management emails me in reply to an enquiry about these bags to say: ' Plastic bags cannot be recycled on our sites as the plastic is of such low quality there is no market for it and these currently go into the residual waste which goes to landfill.' So... just because it says it IS recyclable, doesn't mean it can be.  At least not where I live.  These are large bags and that's a lot of landfill space I don't want to be filling.  The same applies to the magazine wrappers in a previous post. What would it take to be able to recycle these recyclable plastics? Does anyone recycle them?  The questions accumulate.  

So I buy newspapers on Saturdays and Sundays and the magazines come wrapped in a thin plastic transparent wrapper.   I assume that this is single-use, non-recyclable plastic... but is it?  There is nothing on it anywhere to say it is recyclable.  So I email the Sunday Times to find out.   I receive a prompt answer, as follows: Dear Frances Green, Thank you for contacting us regarding the polybag. Thank you for your inquiry. I can confirm the outer packaging is recyclable. Thank you for contacting The Times and The Sunday Times. I hope you have a fantastic day. If you require any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact us. Kind regards, Robert Smith Online Customer Services So, it turns out that the plastics wrappers ARE recyclable... in theory. But what about in practice, in Hertfordshire?