The $1,400 Plastic Brick Machine: Clever Fix or Consumer Burden?

A US start-up's $1,400 plastic-brick machine works — but raises hard questions about who should really pay to recycle soft plastics.

The Daily Perspective

Why you should fish a grub! #softplastics #lure #fishing #fishingtips

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Why you should fish a grub! #softplastics #lure #fishing #fishingtips

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Soft plastics recycling is back in Australia. How does it work and where does it go?

Australia's first large-scale soft plastics recycling facility is processing huge loads each day, turning waste into a useful raw material.

ABC News

nice  👏 good for #Taree hope it works out this time #softplastics #recycling #resourcerecovery

"We now have resource recovery equipment that separates the bread bag from the chip wrapper, so those two products can go on to be recycled in new, different products"

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-28/large-scale-recycling-household-soft-plastics-new-taree-facility/105699588

NSW facility takes on large-scale recycling of Australian household soft plastics

A new large-scale recycling facility has already processed thousands of tonnes of soft plastic left over from the collapse of REDcycle.   

ABC News
Sainsbury's & Tesco: publicly support real action to cut plastic production

🤔 Ever wondered what happens to the soft plastic that you return to the supermarket for recycling? Well, we've managed to find out. 🕵️ We placed tracking devices into 40 bundles of soft plastic packaging and dropped them at front-of-store collection points at Sainsbury's and Tesco supermarkets across England. 🔥 The results of our investigation reveal that 70% of the tracked soft plastic bundles that reached a final destination is burnt, not recycled.  🚢 The rest ended up at recycling...

38 Degrees

"Packaging Forum chief exectuive Rob Langford said soft plastics collections had been introduced at the kerbside in Belgium and Ireland, and would soon be mandatory in the UK after successful trials.

A mandatory plastic packaging product stewardship scheme was underway in New Zealand, which would see the costs move away from the council and ratepayer to the producer and consumer."

#Recycling #SoftPlastics

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/513453/nelson-first-to-test-kerbside-soft-plastics-collection

Nelson first to test kerbside soft plastics collection

The plastics will be recycled and used to make fence posts.

RNZ
Soft Plastics Trial

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Soft Plastics Recycling Trial

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Hey #Radelaide peeps,
Several councils appear to be running trials of #SoftPlastics #recycling.
Is your council among them?
And are you one of the lucky ones to be involved in a trial?
If so, I'm keen to hear your experiences.
Soft plastic recycling is back after the REDcycle collapse – but only in 12 supermarkets. Will it work this time?

Australia’s Soft Plastics Taskforce has been under pressure to fill the vacuum left by the demise of REDcycle. But this time the small trial announced for Melbourne has the potential to succeed.

The Conversation