Plastic bags and soft plastics
Soft plastic must not go in your household recycling bin. Soft plastic includes plastics which can be easily scrunched such as chip packets, plastic bags, freezer bags, bread bags, bubble wrap and pasta bags.
Disposal options
- Avoid single use plastic and plastic bags
- Reuse your plastic shopping bags
- Recycle soft plastics through RecycleSmart (paid doorstep pickup service) or Terracycle Soft Plastics Zero Waste Box (paid)
- Place plastic bags and soft plastics in the landfill bin.
Why?
Soft plastic tangles in the machinery at the Materials Recovery Facility. Do not put recycling in plastic bags as this prevents the recycling from being sorted by material type.
Redcycle soft plastic recycling has paused its soft plastics collection program.
Related items
This may include shopping bags; soft plastic; food packets; plastic zip-lock bags; sandwich bags; biodegradable plastic bags; wrap; bubble wrap; pallet wrap; zip lock; chocolate packaging; chip packets; packaging; cereal inserts; plastic sleeves; lolly wrappers; redcycle; bubble; bubble wrap; cling wrap; green bags; potting mix bags.