H-E-B celebrating Earth Day with recyclable bag giveaway

In lieu of Earth Day Thursday, H-E-B will be giving away 200,000 reusable grocery bags at all of its stores across Texas, as part of a recycling campaign. The grocery chain joined the How2Recycle program to “help strengthen and reinforce recycling efforts across the Lone Star State.”

It is part of a program that creates a new labeling system that “reduces confusion about how, what, and where to recycle.”

H-E-B also launched its yearly donation campaign for EarthShare of Texas, a nonprofit that supports more than 70 conservation groups. Since 2012, the chain has donated more than $13 million to 500 environmental organizations.

H-E-B recycled more than 527 million pounds last year, including 45 million pounds of food into animal feed and compost, and 17 million pounds of plastic.