Woolworths, Coles and Aldi will roll out soft plastics collection bins in 12 Melbourne stores, giving customers an in-store option for recycling their scrunchable food packaging for the first time since the demise of REDcycle.
A spokesperson for the Soft Plastics Taskforce – made up of the three supermarkets and chaired by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water – said the trial, which begins this week, is possible because of new soft plastic recycling facilities that began operating last week.
