Abstract: A trash bag for recyclable waste which will eliminate a second collection of recyclables and having color or another type of code thereon to permit the bag to be identified and separated from trash bags containing ordinary trash, and a system and method for collecting recyclable waste. The trash bag is designed to be placed in the normal trash collection stream along with bags of ordinary trash and to be delivered to an existing landfill or incinerator or to another separation location at which identification and separation of the bags from the bags of ordinary trash is accomplished. According to the invention, identification and separation of the bags of recyclable trash can be performed manually or in an automated manner at the landfill, incinerator, or other separation location.