Plastic Salad Bags Trash Salad bags are not desirable for recycling, please place them in the trash. Athens Services recycles plastics #1 PET bottles and clamshells, #2 HDPE, and #5 PP. Most salad bags are made from plastic #7. To identify your products’ plastic type, look for the resin number inside the chasing arrows, usually located on the bottom of the item. The recycling symbol does not indicate if the product is recyclable or not. Do Not Recycle Plastic salad bags are made from film plastic #7, which cannot be recycled. Toss empty bags in the garbage. Ways to Reduce Use Reusable Produce Bags Instead Cut back on packaging waste by buying loose, unpackaged salad greens that can be placed in your own reusable bags. Grow Your Own Salad Greens With the help of some inexpensive grow lights (or regular fluorescent bulbs), you can grow your own salad greens year-round. Follow these tips from Mother Earth News or Almanac to get started.