Usually yes, but what is added to the bag decides it. Here is what changes the answer, in the order it matters.
An uncoated paper bag with paper handles is recyclable in ordinary kerbside paper collection almost everywhere. The complications come from what is added to it: plastic lamination, plastic-cored handles, foil, heavy ink coverage, and food residue.
Choose an uncoated stock, keep handles in paper, avoid foil, and accept a slightly softer print result. On kraft, a one- or two-color design usually looks better anyway.
If the bag has to resist grease or rain, lamination is doing a job. It is worth being honest with customers about that trade-off rather than labelling a laminated bag as fully recyclable.
We will tell you what a bag is made from and what is on it, and we state recycling and certification only where there is paperwork behind it - Ask us for the stock specification on your job.
Tell us the bag, the size and the quantity. We price your exact job. There are no fixed packages.
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Faster than a form if you already know the bag, the size and the quantity.
The form takes about a minute. If you would rather talk it through, call or email. Either reaches the same team.
Answer three quick questions about what you pack, how heavy it is and whether the bag has to stand open, and we will recommend the stock and the handle.
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