<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Consumers will be able to recycle their soft plastics at major supermarkets with a new national scheme back in place.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The previous </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/soft-plastics-recycling-council-facilities-inundated-after-redcycle-collapse/2c650cde-a442-463b-9a53-f321ef17d3b1" rel="" target="_blank" title="soft plastics recycling scheme run by REDcycle"><span>soft plastics recycling scheme run by REDcycle</span></a><span> collapsed almost four years ago, leaving behind a stockpile in warehouses.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After a successful trial, a new scheme will see plastic recycling bins placed in more than 700 Woolworths stores nationally.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/reserve-bank-of-australia-decision-westpac-and-nab-predict-a-fourth-rate-rise/150bab6e-6a16-43f2-96c8-cf90655c7560"><strong><span>Major bank's bleak warning of more rate pain in matter of weeks</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Both Coles and Aldi are also rolling out soft plastics recycling bins.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An industry task force expects to clear the last of the plastic mountain by the end of next month with new manufacturers geared to turn plastics into new products.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Soft Plastics Stewardship Australia chief executive Barry Cosier told 9News the plastic would be recycled into everyday building products and food-grade packaging.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/soft-plastics-recycling-bins-to-return-to-woolworths-coles-aldi-supermarkets-almost-four-years-after-redcycle-collapse/d5f80dcd-e295-4ed9-b4f7-b7d00de462cb" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This includes wall panelling, benches and new packaging for bread and confectionery.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/finance/rba-interest-rates-live-updates-may-2026-decision-latest-news-headlines/712337f5-b510-4280-9a17-a45d7826e847"><strong><span>Reserve Bank gives the news no mortgage-holder wants</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australian Council of Recycling chief executive Suzanne Toumbourou said the organisation felt proud of the initiative to reprocess soft plastics.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It takes a lot of grit and lot of technological prowess to be able to remake this material," Toumbourou said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Soft plastics are not able to be thrown into a regular home recycling bin.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Recycle Mate website or app can help households work out what can be recycled and where to take it.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS 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