Soft plastics, which is a broad term for a variety of packaging materials, are not accepted in the campus standard mixed recycling. Some common soft plastic materials are candy wrappers, chip bags, ...

Four years later, Australia's main soft plastics recycling scheme, REDcycle, collapsed, leaving behind big stockpiles. Food scraps or non-recyclable plastics in recycling bins slash the value of ...

The supermarket giant claimed its biggest challenge in broadening the trial so far has been the fact there's not enough soft plastic recycling capacity in Australia to support nationwide collections.

Thousands of Aussies no longer have to bin their soft plastic packaging used to wrap groceries because supermarkets are once again collecting it for recycling. And while that’s great for the ...