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I haven't yet, but I have a file box full of the Amazon Prime mailers. Has anybody had issues using these?

No problem recycling them.  They go right in the recycle bin.

I try to reuse them if I can (my wife doesn't love the pile) and put the rest in the recycle bin.  I hope they are able to recycle them.

I recycle, just like Chuck AND Joe. If one is reusable, then it behooves us to do so for the environment - I'm not usually green. But it's also a financial decision in that it's already a hassle for me personally to spend money on a few supplies that adding more will surely start WW III. On the other end my wife did convince me that if I simply keep a stash of about 10 I won't run out and it's worked great.

To answer your question, Bob, I haven't had any problems.

Don't know about the amazon ones but as a rule I try to reuse my bubble mailers if I can. I keep a box of the ones I have received to reuse for shipping otherwise they just go to waste.

I rarely toss a bubble mailer. I just used several that I would never send as the outer envelope in a single box. They come in very handy as pretection in boxes that way. They also can be cut to fill in ends of card boxes, and to cover the top, etc. I think the ones I've tossed were because they got mangled when opening them (to the point that no part of it was worth saving).

The yellow bubble mailers are a mix of plastic and paper.  Unless you separate those parts (with a scissors, knife, razor blade, etc.) you shouldn't put a bubble mailer in a single-stream recycling bin since there is no process to separate those parts and it will have to go in the landfill anyway.  Trying to re-use those is probably your best option.

There are "plastic/plastic" bubble mailers (Amazon uses those sometimes) which I think would have a better chance of recycling since it is all one material. 

Going green is a must!

I wonder if sending out trades in the white Amazon Prime envelopes bothers Amazon? Then again, they send out a pencil in a "HUGE" box, lmao .

 I try to reuse them but in my area, they are not recyclable.    Yes, buy a pencil from Amazon and it arrives in box a cubic yard.   Such waste but they dont care.

I try to re-use every bubble mailer I receive but the beat-up ones go into the trash. Unless you can peel the paper away from the bubbles, then there's no other option then to toss.