Our Soft Plastics Recycling Process
We are partnered with APR Plastics to bring soft plastics recycling to your council.
How it works
Book a pickup or join a regular plan on our website or the RecycleSmart app.
Pack your soft plastics (and other hard-to-recycle things) in any regular shopping bag roughly the size of 40x40x20cm.
A friendly local driver will collect your recyclables and drop them off at a consolidation point in your council.
What happens to the soft plastics?
The soft plastics are baled and transported to APR Plastics in Victoria where it will be processed.
At the facility, the soft plastics are shredded so it can be consistently fed into the process.
Shredded plastics are then fed into the Biofabrik WASTX pyrolysis machine.
The uniquely designed corkscrew conveyor transports the plastic material into the reactor and breaks it down at high temperatures. The plastic is then converted into feedstock oil.
The feedstock oil will be sent to VIVA Energy’s Geelong refinery for further processing. It will be turned into resin, which enables it to be turned back into food grade plastic packaging again.
Have more questions? Check out our FAQ.
About APR Plastics
APR Plastics was formed in an endeavor to address and deliver a long-awaited viable solution for existing soft plastic processing difficulties faced by the recycling industry.
APR Plastics has invested significant resources and time to secure progressive technology that will enable the roll-out of the Plastics to Oil project. This will be a game changer for plastics recycling. This technology will provide sustainable alternatives to the Australian Recycling industry diverting soft plastics currently destined for landfill.
Visit aprplastics.com.au for more information.
Where exactly do we collect soft plastics and other tricky-to-recycle items? Click here.
Let’s turn the 70 billion pieces of soft scrunchable plastics used in Australia each year into a huge opportunity and build a circular economy together!
More questions? Visit our FAQ.