Woolworths, Coles and Aldi to roll out soft plastics collection bins in 12 Melbourne stores
by Daisy Dumas from Environment | The Guardian on (#6JFNR)
Supermarkets will ask customers to recycle scrunchable plastic food packaging for first time since REDcycle ended
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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.
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