Please Make Recycling Easy

I try to buy very environmentally friendly products to clean my house. Sometimes, I even make my own cleaning products but lately I've been trying Method all purpose cleaners and most recently the Method Hand Wash Refill bag. I refilled all the hand soap in the house and then had the package left over. I looked to see if it was recyclable because it's has a plastic feel but all it says is "to recycle this package go to terracycle.net". So I'm in a rush and don't really want to stop and check this out but my guilty conscience (my husband's voice) gets the better of me and I plop the package down beside my computer so I remember to check out terracycle.net.


Eventually I get some time to look up the website. Basically, if I want to start collecting Method bags and send them in when I have a lot of them (as specified by Terracycle's minimum quantities), Terracycle will recycle them for me. They pay for shipping too. And I can collect points to give to charity. Great program but my first thought is how many people are actually going to look at the package to see if it's recyclable? Then, how many of them are going to get on the computer and check it out? Then, how many of those people are going to actually collect enough of them to send them in?  It looks like Terracycle's program would be geared more towards schools and other institutions where a lot of packaging can be collected. But to the average Joe, this is not a recyclable package and in to the land fill it goes.

Method appears to be environmentally conscious but in reality, really, your "recyclable" packaging sucks Method! Make it easy. If it doesn't go in the blue recycling bin curb side and it can't be dropped off at my recycling depot, then it's not recyclable!