Author: Megan Smalley
A study released by ABC News has led to some skepticism around plastic bag recycling programs at retail locations. According to the report, ABC News collaborated with nine ABC-owned TV stations to place 46 trackers on plastic bag bundles that were deposited at Walmart and Target locations for recycling in 10 states. Trackers were super glued and wrapped inside multiple layers of clean plastic bags. ABC News reports its team monitored each tracker’s location multiple times a day for months, and trackers pinged whenever they were near a compatible digital or mobile device.