Earthborn Holistic, a pet food company, is making pet food bags recyclable by teaming up with TerraCycle, an international recycling company, to create the Earthborn ReBorn Recycling Program. Pet food bags can be recycled at Appalachian Trails in Glastonbury and Agway of Ellington.

A local pet store has been announced as a location for animal owners to drop off empty food bags for recycling. Earthborn Holistic, a national pet food manufacturer, is teaming up with TerraCycle — a international firm specializing in the repurposing of materials most difficult to recycle — to recycle its food bags at no cost to consumers at the Athens PetDepot through the Earthborn ReBorn Recycling Program.

A cooperative recycling project to not only keep packaging materials out of our landfills but to also benefit charitable organizations is currently underway at We Lov Pets at 1433 Coshocton Ave., Mount Vernon.

While pet owners often consider the impact packaged pet food has on their pets, the same consideration is not often given to the effect the packaging has on the environment.

Pepper’s Pet Pantry of Solomons is now a public drop-off location for a pet food bag recycling program, allowing residents to return their empty bags during store hours and aid in the reduction of landfill waste.