They might not be accepted anywhere locally. I'm fortunate enough to have curbside collection where I am but it is limited to cans, bottles (glass and rigid plastic), and paper products (cardboard, newspaper, egg cartons and such). If I had to guess, soft plastics like those and plastic grocery bags end up gumming up the gears, rollers, etc at the sorting facilities. I think there's maybe only one grocery store near me that actually still has a bin for plastic grocery bags. There was another but... "tragedy of the commons." They had three big bins for glass, plastic and paper, and a small one for bags. Uncouth people kept using them all to toss whatever trash they had on hand or in their vehicles. I watched the small one get used for an ashtray/cigarette butts. Eventually the store just got rid of them.
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