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Yara Murray-Atfield and staff

Coles and Woolworths offer to take on tonnes of soft plastic after REDcycle collapse

The collapse of recycler REDcycle means more soft plastic is ending up in landfill alongside other waste. (ABC News: Kathryn Diss)

Australia's two major supermarkets are moving to take responsibility for massive stockpiles of soft plastics, following the collapse of recycling company REDcycle. 

The scheme was paused in November after REDcycle announced it could no longer afford to recycle the plastic it was collecting from the supermarkets.

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