Recycling Fed Ex & UPS Tyvek Envelopes

I was recently asked about whether we can recycle the nylon type Tyvek envelopes that we get from Fed Ex and UPS. The answer is yes, we can. Interestingly, Tyvek envelopes are actually plastic. See this informative site: http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/10/recycling-tyvek-another-small-way-to/. However, even though they are plastic, Columbus Secure Shredding wants us to put them in our regular blue bins rather than our plastic specific bins.

If you have addresses on the envelopes that need to be shredded due to privacy concerns, put them in the gray bins.

Finally, if you are creative, the link above indicates that these Tyvek envelopes would make a great shopping tote bag. I might have to give it a try.

Thanks for your question, Maxine!