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This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.Top 5 Shopping Tips for Amazon Prime DayFeeling guilty about all those blue-and-white plastic Amazon bags piling up around the house? Fear not — they can be recycled! At least, that’s what the packaging says.For years now, Amazon’s plastic bags, bubble-lined mailers, and air pillows have featured the ubiquitous “chasing arrows” recycling symbol along with the words “store drop-off.” The idea is simple: Since most curbside recycling…

Rolls of Charmin toilet paper on display at a Target store in Queens NYC, July 2022.Photo: Anthony Behar/Sipa USA (AP)Major household brands are ensuring that we flush an important climate resource down the toilet. The Natural Resource Defense Council recently released its Issue with Tissue report and scorecard, rating how sustainable (or unsustainable) toilet paper, facial tissue, and paper towel producers are. Procter & Gamble, the U.S.’s top toilet paper maker, received straight F’s for its tissue and paper brands,…