This blog is a follow up to our August 31st blog. Hefty® announced they were ending their role in the Hefty Renew program and discontinuing making their Hefty Renew brand of orange bags. First Star developed our own end use for the orange bag contents independent of Hefty and therefore, the only impact on our program is assisting residents with identifying other options for to the Renew orange bag.
As of this date, we’ve noted that the following retailers still have Hefty Renew bags stock. We will keep you posted as more research is completed as to alternative bags to use to keep the soft plastics collection stream rolling in the Omaha and Lincoln metro areas!
Home Depot - 8 gallon
Ace - Red Oak, IA - 13 gallon
Menards online - 13 gallon
Target online - 13 gallon
Again, First Star accepts the materials in any brand of orange bag - we request you use orange since the bags show up well in the recycling stream. We will keep you posted as we work through options available.