Plastic #4 (LDPE) Check Your Local Recycling Guidelines Plastic #4 are flexible plastics including plastic shopping bags, bread bags, dry cleaning bags, sandwich and snack bags, and squeezable bottles and tubes. Reduce and Reuse Check out your local bulk purchasing stores to see if they offer bulk products. Often you’ll be able to use your own containers and reduce your use of unnecessary packaging. If you don’t have this kind of option, opt for larger containers of your favorite products when possible. Help Prevent Litter Plastic #4 bags are a lightweight material that easily finds their way into the environment, where they can entangle animals or form microplastics. Dispose of it properly to prevent it from becoming litter. No Plastic Bags in Curbside Recycling Many plastic bags are labeled plastic #2 or #4, but they are too thin to recycle with hard plastics and will get caught in recycling machinery. Find out how to dispose of plastic bags, including dry cleaning bags and bread bags. Did You Know? What Items Are Made From Plastic #4? Plastic #4 is used to make flexible plastics including plastic shopping bags, bread bags, dry cleaning bags, sandwich and snack bags, and squeezable bottles and tubes. What Plastic #4 Can Become Plastic #4 can be recycled into shipping envelopes, paneling, tiles, plastic lumber, trash can liners and trash cans.