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I haven't used it yet, but I saw it last week at Target.

I got it. It's good.

P.S. it's 50 cents more than the regular and I could only find it in the small box, but like I said, good.

We found it at Meijer in Indianapolis. It is only slightly more expensive but works the exact same. We love it!

It's a bit thinner than the normal foil, but it works just fine! I'm just glad to be able to find this in my local grocery store!

I have been using it for a couple of months now. I like it. It is slightly thinner, I mean almost not noticeable, but just as durable as the regular stuff. My husband who is picky about this kind of thing likes using it so overall I think it is definitely a product worth paying the extra 50 cents more. Aluminum is such an easily recycled product that it is kind of sad that this is just now hitting the marketplace.

I haven't tried it yet, but I'm excited to. Aluminum is one of THE most energy-intensive, polluting metals in its processing. And yet it's relatively easy to recycle. So it's great this is on the market.

I've used it my last 2 boxes of foil - it's worked just fine! It's not the super double strength, but most of the time, that's not what I need!

I haven't used this one but I've used "If You Care" brand recycled foil. It's super thin and tears very easily so as much as I'd love to sing it's praises, I don't like it and rarely use it.

I got it from Fresh Direct. Haven't used it yet though.

I'm ashamed to say I didn't know aluminum foil was recyclable... Does anyone know if it's accepted in NYC recycling? Like can we put it in the same bag as the metal cans, plastics, and glass?

@Brooklynnina, put it with the cans (metal).

I've used another brand and it was VERY thin and A LOT more expensive. I'm eager to try Reynolds and fine with a 50 cent premium.

I've used it and it was cheaper per sq. foot than the non-recycled Reynolds. I can't tell any drop off in quality at all.

Plus I like the idea of closing the recycling loop and buying stuff made from other stuff I already used!

I find it thicker than the store brand I'd been using before! Definitely will buy again.

This is thicker than If You Care. I like it. The first roll I bought was heavy duty, but couldn't find that at the store last time. The regular duty is still pretty darn good.

bought it. used it. worked just great!

I've got a box of it waiting to be opened at home -- and I got it with a coupon from the Sunday paper in case anyone is wary of the 50-cent premium. After reading the other comments, I'm sure we'll be more than satisfied with the product.

Thanks for the information-I'll have to give this a try!

Sorry, i don't use aluminum foil. It seems like a waste of natural resources that have a limited supply. Very little foil actually gets recycled because of the person or it being too dirty.

It's great - MUCH thicker and more durable than "If You Care." (An aside: "If You Care" seems like the most passive-aggressive brand name ever. It makes me snicker every time I see it at the co-op.)

this is pretty widely available in western pa. i like it, though i try to use as little foil as possible.

It's more expensive and less durable than other aluminum foil, so I don't use it. I appreciate green products but not when they are worse in quality without an appreciable benefit considering regular aluminum foil is already made with a high proportion of recycled aluminum.

I REALLY agree w/Noadi's comment.

Green is GREAT, but if you end up having to use more because of durability issues, how green are you with more waste?

Not sure I think Reynolds is necessarily "green-washing" , but durability is EXTREMELY important especially with foil in as many applications as a cook would use.

I got it at Target a few months back and I think it's great. I don't use foil all that often so a smaller box is great. It was on sale when I bought it which is what prompted me to try it out!

Use it. Like it. Same as regular foil.

I smell green-washing!

Most metal products ARE recycled. (Would you consider "Cash for Gold" eco-friendly company?) Global aluminium consumption is a zero sum game. Other industries such as airplane parts manufacturers would shift to using virgin aluminium from mining if recycled isn't available. i.e. this product isn't helping the environment and it cost more. It might make you feel better.

Just like "fat free" label cause people to eat more. I worry that "100% recycled" would allow people to feel less guilty to waste.

I agree with Iona - I rarely use aluminium foil - I prefer to use silicone baking sheets in the oven (reusable) and reusable containers (glass or plastic) when things need a cover - I probably go through a roll a year. What does everyone use the foil for?

Having said that, next time I buy it, I'll look for recycled...

This is a really good product. I sued the non stick Reynolds for a while until I found the recycled aluminum foil...can't tell a difference. Now, if you need heavy duty foil, I'd suggest doubling up on the recycled foil.

Apparently there is some debate in the blogosphere about whether marketing this product as "recycled" is greenwashing or not - a writer for US News and World Report argues that it isn't, because Reynolds' original foil is made out of virgin aluminum (this is according to Reynolds). They also claim that "recycling aluminum foil uses 5 only percent of the energy needed to make the original," and that the packaging also comes from recycled sources.

I am generally suspicious of any of the environmental claims made by corporations, and share the same concerns that focusing on recycling let's people feel ok about not reducing. But if people are buying foil anyway, it does seem like this is at least more of an environmentally conscious option than the original.

Yes I've been using for a few months now. It's slightly thinner but works just fine.

If you order your green product from Fresh Direct are you being green at all, really? Fresh Direct is such a huge waste of resources - having the trucks driving around keeping a fridge running the whole time, idling for long periods of time making deliveries, all that extra packaging. Just sayin'.

I'm all for recycling, but when it comes to products in contact with food, I have some concerns with the source of the material. For example, steel is infinitely recyclable, however one major problem with steel is radiation contamination of raw material. Steel companies go to great lengths to detect any radioactive material in the steel scrap so that it does not contaminate the final product, as well as the processing equipment.

The same problem would exist with aluminum, as well as all kinds of other contaminates that would not be introduced into the raw alumina supply before being processed into aluminum. That's why food grade plastics are all virgin plastics, who knows what was carried in the container before it was recycled? was it juice, was it bleach, or was it motor oil or rat poison?

Basically, my point is this: recycling foil into bike frames, cool. recycling bike frames into foil? not sure that's as cool.

Funny story.

I'm a chemistry student, and I do research into PCB levels (like all analytical chemists). The horrendous thing about PCB research is, when you are looking for part-per-trillion concentrations of PCBs, you start realizing that they are EVERYWHERE. I cannot put my glassware down on the countertops because I contaminate it with PCBs. So where do I put my syringes, sample bottles, flasks, etc? I have to wash aluminum foil with acetone, air dry it, and then lay it down wherever I am going to put any of my instruments.

I tell this story because I very, very rarely use aluminum foil at home, and haven't finished a whole roll yet this year (!), but we use this stuff at work and it works really well. If I can drop sharp pointy syringes on it and it doesn't tear through to the table, I'm sure it'll do well in the kitchen.