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what to REDcycle

PLEASE NOTE: As per recent media awareness, REDcycle has temporarily paused its soft plastics collection program from 9 November 2022.

Please dispose of your soft plastics in landfill, as there will be no recovery from Coles and Woolworths stores at this time.

REDcycle and our partners are committed to having the program back up and running as soon as possible.

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The REDcycle Program makes it easy for consumers to keep plastic bags and packaging out of landfill.

  • First, please check the packaging for any sign of the new Australian Recycling Label (ARL) symbols (find out more about these at https://recyclingnearyou.com.au/arl/) OR the REDcycle logo.
  • In the absence of one of these symbols (note these are gradually being rolled out to ALL types of packaging – this will just take a little bit of time), use the below table as your guide.
  • Please note: we are not able to accept materials in black (or dark green) garbage bags. The supermarket staff nor our drivers can easily see the contents of the bags, meaning that they cannot easily detect whether or not they contain any contaminants/garbage. In relation to individual pieces of black soft plastic (and black bags that do not contain other soft plastic packaging), these are fine to REDcycle, just please cut to A3 size pieces or smaller.

Also, please try to let as many people as possible know that these bins are not intended for general waste!

YES PLEASE!

  • Biscuit packets (outer wrapper only)
  • Bread bags (without the tie)
  • Bubble wrap (large sheets cut into A3 size pieces)
  • Cat and dog food pouches (as clean and dry as possible)
  • Cellophane from bunches of flowers (cut into A3 size pieces)
  • Cereal box liners
  • Chip and cracker packets (silver lined)
  • Chocolate and snack bar wrappers
  • Cling film - GLAD, COLES HOME brand and WOOLWORTHS Essentials Home brand ONLY
  • Confectionery bags
  • Document sleeves (remove the white reinforcement strip along the holes)
  • Dry pet food bags
  • Fresh produce bags
  • Frozen food bags
  • Green bags (woven polypropylene bags)
  • Ice cream wrappers
  • Large sheets of plastic that furniture comes wrapped in (cut into A3 size pieces)
  • Meat - plastic packaging that has contained meat (rinse and dry first)
  • Netting produce bags (any metal clips removed)
  • Newspaper and magazine wrap
  • Pasta bags
  • Pet food bags (chaff/horse/chicken) - both the plastic and woven polypropylene types (but not woven nylon). Cut into A3 size pieces and shake free of as much product as possible
  • Plastic Australia Post satchels
  • Plastic carrier bags from all stores
  • Plastic film wrap from grocery items such as nappies and toilet paper
  • Plastic sachets
  • Potting mix and compost bags - both the plastic and woven polypropylene types (cut into A3 size pieces and free of as much product as possible)
  • Rice bags - both plastic and the woven type (if large, cut into A3 size pieces)
  • Snap lock bags / zip lock bags
  • Squeeze pouches with lid on (e.g. yogurt/baby food)
  • Wine/water bladders - clear plastic ones only
  • Please make sure your plastic is dry and as empty as possible.
NO THANKS!
  • Plastic bottles
  • Plastic containers
  • Any rigid plastic such as meat trays, biscuit trays or strawberry punnets
  • Adhesive tape
  • Balloons (of any kind)
  • Bathroom/shower loofahs
  • Biodegradable/degradable/compostable plastics
  • Black plastic bags used to dispose of other soft plastics
  • Blister packs, tablets and capsule packaging
  • Blow up pool, pool toys or beds - plastic or PVC
  • Bread bag tags
  • Christmas tinsel and Christmas trees
  • Cling film - with the EXCEPTION OF GLAD, COLES HOME brand and WOOLWORTHS Essentials Home brand
  • Cooler bags
  • Disposable food handling gloves of any variety
  • Drinking straws
  • Film negatives and x-rays
  • Fishing line
  • Foam or polystyrene of any kind (including soft flexible foam)
  • Foil / Alfoil of any kind
  • Food waste
  • Glass
  • Laminated materials and overhead transparencies
  • Medical waste materials
  • Nylon - woven, soft or fishing line
  • Paper and cardboard
  • Paper post packs
  • Plastic/clear vinyl packaging from sheets and doonas etc
  • Plastic strapping used for securing boxes and pallets
  • Polyester of any kind
  • Powdered milk packets, made of foil
  • PVC
  • Rope of any variety
  • Rubber, rubber gloves, latex
  • Solar pool covers
  • Tarpaulins
  • Tin cans
  • VHS Tape
  • Vinyl - any type of vinyl packaging
  • Wet plastic materials as mould is a problem for us
  • Wine/water bladders - foil based
  • Wrapping paper and cardboard, ribbons or bows

Please note that the REDcycle Program has been developed for post consumer household plastic. Participating supermarkets are not obliged to accept large volumes of commercial plastic waste.

how to REDcycle

you collect

  • Collect all the soft plastics that you can’t recycle at home.
  • Please ensure they are dry and as empty as possible.

you drop

  • Drop your soft plastics into your nearest REDcycle collection bin and RED Group will do the rest.
  • There are participating supermarkets all around Australia. Find the REDcycle drop off point nearest to you.
  • REDcycle bins are typically located near the checkout. There are currently a few different types of REDcycle bins in use depending on the store so please ask at the customer service desk if you can’t locate the bin

we recycle

We bring the collected plastic back to our facility for initial processing, then it is delivered to our Australian manufacturing partners:

  • Replas (https://www.replas.com.au/), based in Ballarat, Victoria, who convert REDcycle material into a range of recycled products including indoor and outdoor furniture, bollards, and signage. All products are extremely robust, as well as water and termite resistant. They won’t crack, splinter or rot and will never need painting. Replas products are perfect for use in schools, park, public spaces and commercial premises.
  • Close the Loop, based in Somerton, Victoria, who utilise REDcycle material as a component of high performance recycled asphalt additive for road infrastructure known as Tonerplas (https://www.closetheloop.com.au/tonerplas/)
  • Plastic Forests, based in Albury, NSW, who use REDcycle material as a component of products such as mini wheel stops and air conditioner mounting blocks for the consumer market (https://plasticforests.com.au/product/air-con-mounting-blocks/).

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