Soft plastics recycling

Recycle plastic bags and soft plastics

Recycle your plastic bags for free

Randwick City Council accepts plastic bag and soft plastics at the Randwick Recycling Centre, located at 72 Perry Street, Matraville.

Plastic bags and soft plastic packaging cannot be recycled through the kerbside yellow lid recycling bins and need to be separated for specialist recycling.

ONLY Randwick Residents can recycle their soft plastics at our recycle centre.

Accepted items (kindly ensure that all items are clean and dry)

  • Biscuit packaging (outer plastic only, turned inside out)
  • Bread bags (turned inside out))
  • Bubble wrap (clean and unravelled)
  • Cereal box liners (turned inside out)
  • Citrus netting bags (metal clips cut off)
  • Cling film (household quantity only).
  • Confectionery packets and bags (non-foiled lined only)
  • Courier satchels (non biodegradable only)
  • Chocolate and muesli bar wrappers (non-foiled lined only)
  • Fresh produce bags (turned inside out)
  • Frozen food bags (turned inside out)
  • Newspaper and magazine wrap
  • Pasta bags (turned inside out, non metalized print only)
  • Plastic film from grocery items such as nappies and toilet paper
  • Plastic Australia Post satchels
  • Rice bags-both plastic and woven type (turned inside out)
  • Rice, pasta, noodles and other packaging
  • Shopping centre plastic bags (non biodegradable only)
  • Shopping/ grocery bags (non biodegradable only)
  • Snap lock bags / zip lock bags
  • Pet food bags -both plastic and woven (turned inside out and clean)
  • Pallet wrap (clean and unravelled)

NOT ACCEPTED

Foil lined chip, biscuit, cracker, muesli bar packaging (metalized plastic) 

What happens to the soft plastics once they're collected?

Soft plastics collected is picked up by our plastics recycling service provider Plasmar ( www.plasmar.com.au).  These items are then recycled and remanufactured into sustainable, 100% recycled products such as retaining wall sleepers, fence posts, bollards, garden beds, garden edging, wheel stops, picnic benches, etc. used in Council, schools, hospitals, businesses, farms and landscaping.. This process creates a circular economy loop.

Last Updated: 24 November 2023
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