Frequently Asked Questions
- Customers can drop off any soft plastic packaging with the ‘Check locally’, ‘Return to store’; or ‘Store drop off’ Australasian Recycling Label to the collection bins.
- For safety reasons, customers are asked to only drop off what can fit in the bin.
- Please only place clean, soft plastics into the bin. Other materials (e.g., paper shopping bags, hard plastic, nappies) may contaminate the collection and make it difficult for the soft plastics recyclers /processor to process the material.
- Contamination with other materials may also result in some other material surrounding these items being sent to landfill.
- The trial is intended to run for a limited time. At the end of the trial the results will be assessed.
- At this stage, it is not possible to set a date when collections will be available in more stores or locations beyond the participating stores in Victoria and New South Wales. At present, there are not enough soft plastic recyclers to handle collections from more locations.
- Soft plastics will be collected from each participating store during the trial by a third party, who will then bale and transport the materials to one of our recycling partners in the local area.
- Soft plastics delivered to our recycling partners will then be sorted, weighed and sent to a number of recyclers for further processing. The final outcome will include, converting back into food grade packaging, making into recycled plastic garbage bag liners, and making into flower pots.
- The trial is intended to inform plans around a longer-term industry solution for soft plastics collection and recycling in Australia.
- At this stage, it is not possible to set a date when collections will be available in more stores or locations. At present, there are not enough soft plastic recyclers to handle collections from a high number of locations.