Soft plastic
Are soft plastics filling up your landfill bin? By separating clean and dry soft plastics and taking them to one of our drop-off points, you will see a big drop in your landfill bin contents.
Moira Shire Council have partnered with Recyclesmart to provide our community with a soft plastics recycling solution, with drop-off points in:
STRATHMERTON
- Strathmerton Primary School - Findlay Street, Strathmerton
Looking for more drop-off points? We are open to extending our drop-off points, but rely on volunteers to take full bags to their nearest Resource Recovery Centre.
Soft plastic are plastics that can be easily scrunched in your hand. Things like bubble wrap, chip packets, post satchels, bread bags, zip lock bags and frozen produce bags.
Before you recycle - Have you removed labels, staples, etc? Is it dry? Is it relatively clean?
What can be recycled?
- Biscuit packaging (not trays)
- Bread bags
- Bubble wrap
- Cereal box liners
- Confectionary packets and bags
- Fresh produce bags, including string bags
- Frozen food bags
- Plastic film
- Plastic sachets
- Shopping and grocery bags
- Silver lined chip bags
- Squeeze pouches (clean and dry)
- Sturdy pet food bags
- Zip lock bags
What is NOT soft plastic and can't be recycled?
- Biodegradable and compostable plastics
- Drinking straws
- Rigid plastic containers – such as biscuit trays
- Laminated materials
- Balloons
- Adhesive tape
- Foil packaging
- Rubber
- Tinsel
- Wine/ water bladders (foil based)
What happens to your soft plastics after they are collected?
