Australia's remaining soft plastics recycling services are struggling to meet a huge surge in demand following last year's collapse of the scheme run inside Coles and Woolworths. 9News
recycling services are struggling to meet a huge surge in demand following last year's collapse of the scheme run inside Coles and Woolworths.
in an attempt to avoid it being consigned to landfill, but the future of soft plastic recycling by the supermarket giants remains unclear. Operated by Hornsby Council, the recycling centre has been collecting an array of hard-to-recycle goods without restrictions for more than three years, but has now restricted soft plastic recycling to residents only.The volume of soft plastics residents can drop off has also been restricted to one 40cm by 40cm shopping bag per week.Hornsby Shire's soft plastics recycling centre has been inundated after the collapse of REDcycle.
These are recycled by Melbourne-based company APR Plastics, which converts them into fencing, boardwalks and other outdoor furniture. "Amongst all the items we collect, soft plastics are the one thing that crystalises everything," she said. Alonzo says Recycle Smart is all about making recycling as easy as possible for Australians, but remains a small operation, with plans to ramp up operations to collect around 15 tonnes each month.READ MORE:
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