I finally called the City of Seattle recycling program to find out if I could just toss magazines that I get that are wrapped in plastic into the recycling bin. They said, no, because plastic is garbage. I know I’m complaining about something sort of minor, but I get a lot of these and since it is now illegal to put recyclables in the trash, this is really annoying. I realize now that the throwaway journal peddlers do this on purpose so we’ll have to touch what’s inside. arrgh.