Soft plastics
Soft plastics can be easily scrunched in your hand.
Please make sure all soft plastic is clean and dry to prevent mould.
We collect:
Biscuit packaging
(not trays)Bread bags
Bubble wrap
Cereal box liners
Plastic film
Plastic sachets
Shopping and grocery bags
Silver lined chip bags
Confectionary packets and bags
Fresh produce
bags, incl. string bags
Frozen food bags
Squeeze pouches
Sturdy pet food bag
Zip lock bags
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What we don’t collect:
Adhesive tape
Balloons
Biodegradable plastics
Compostable plastics
Clear Vinyl packaging
Foil packaging
Rigid plastic containers: strawberry punnets etc
Rubber, rubber gloves
Tinsel
Wine/water bladders (foil based)
What happens once you collect them?
We are partnered with APR Plastics to recycle soft plastics. We deliver them to the APR Plastics facility in Victoria. They will be transformed into feedstock oil, which enables it to become soft plastics again.
Find out more about our partnership here.
*Randwick Council have their own partnership with Plasmar, a local recycler, based in Sydney.
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