Divert even more of your household waste from landfill by taking part in the Residential Soft Plastics Recycling Program!
What is the Residential Soft Plastics Recycling Program?
Residential households in Albury, Alpine Shire, Indigo Shire, and Wodonga are able to recycle their soft plastic waste by collecting their waste in an orange bag and placing the orange bag in their yellow-lidded kerbside recycling bin.
The orange bags are separated from the other kerbside recycling waste at the HalveWaste recycling centre, before being sent to a plastics processor for cleaning and treatment to make new plastic products.
The Residential Soft Plastics Recycling Program is an initiative led by Soft Plastic Stewardship Australia and supported by HalveWaste.
How do I recycle my soft plastics through the program?
- Register for the program by visiting our Council office in Bright or our Alpine Libraries or Visitor Information Centres in Bright, Mount Beauty, or Myrtleford.
- Receive your first 20 orange collection bags.
- Fill your orange bag with clean, empty, and dry soft plastics.
- When your orange bag is completely full, tie it off with a firm double knot and place in your yellow-lidded kerbside bin for collection.
What can and can't be recycled as part of the program?
What can I recycle through the program?
The following items can be recycled as part of the program. All soft plastics must be clean, empty, and dry.
- All soft plastic items accepted in the REDcycle service, which have the REDcycle logo or the Australasian Recycling Label (ARL) – Return to Store/Store Drop-Off symbol
- Biscuit wrappers (no trays)
- Bread bags (no tags)
- Bubble wrap
- Cereal box liners
- Chip packets
- Chocolate and other confectionary wrappers/bags
- Citrus netting bags (no metal clips)
- Cling wrap/plastic film
- Condiment sachets
- Document sleeves, plastic mail satchels, and carrier bags (no labels)
- Foam (polyfoam) wrapping (PE)
- Fresh and frozen food bags
- Ice cream and icy pole wrappers
- Mesh onion bags (no metal clips)
- Muesli bar wrappers
- Newspaper/magazine wrap
- Pasta, noodle, and rice bags/packets
- Pet food bags
- Plastic bags
- Potting mix bags
- Produce bags
- Silver wrappers (such as Shapes or Savoys)
- Six-pack ring (soft flexible plastic)
- Snap/zip lock bags
- Squeeze pouches (no hard plastic lids or spouts)
- Vacuum seal bags
- Wine/water bladders (no hard plastic spout)
- Soft plastic labelled HDPE, LDPE, or PP
- Soft plastic numbers 2, 4, and 5
What can't I recycle through the program?
The following items cannot be recycled as part of the program:
- Balloons
- Biodegradable/degradable plastic
- Biscuit trays
- Blister packs
- Bottles/cans
- Bottle tops
- Bread tags
- Cellophane
- Clothing/linen
- Compostable plastics
- Desiccant sachets/moisture absorbers
- Elastic bands
- Face masks
- Fruit/berry punnets
- Food waste
- Fruit stickers
- Hard/rigid plastic
- Laminated paper
- Meat trays (foam and plastic)
- Paper and cardboard
- Plant based plastic
- Plastic bags with cloth, rope, or ribbon handles
- Plastic containers
- Plastic lined paper
- Plastic packaging tape
- Plastic rope/twine
- Plastic straws
- Plastic takeaway containers
- Polystyrene
- Rubber/latex gloves
- Silicon food storage bags
- Single portion rigid sauce packet
- Sticky/adhesive tape
- Toothpaste tubes
- Tea and coffee bags
- Soft plastic labelled PET, PVC, PS, or nylon
- Soft plastic numbers 1, 3, 6, and 7