Supermarket brings back soft plastics collection points - Starts at 60
A supermarket giant says its scheme to collect and recycle soft plastic packaging from consumers is available in 700 of its stores across five states.
startsat60.comHere’s the latest on Woolworths soft plastic recycling:
- Woolworths has reintroduced in-store soft plastics collection points across more than 700 stores in five states, with the program now widely available again for shoppers to drop off clean, dry soft plastics. This follows the suspension of prior schemes and aligns with ongoing industry efforts to rebuild recycling pathways in Australia.[2][3][8]
- The renewed program reports that around 40 million pieces of soft plastic (about 310 tonnes) have already been collected and recycled since pilot trials began, and the recovered material is being repurposed into products like in-store wall panelling and bread bags containing recycled content.[3][2]
- Woolworths collaborates with Soft Plastics Stewardship Australia (SPSA) and recyclers such as iQRenew and saveBOARD to expand processing capacity and convert soft plastics into construction materials and other products, signaling a broader national effort to standardize soft plastic recycling.[4][2][3]
Illustration (example): a map of Woolworths stores with active soft plastics drop-off bins, showing five-state coverage and a note that 310,000 kg of plastic has been processed to date (illustrative).
If you’d like, I can pull the most recent store list in your area (Los Angeles is not in Woolworths’ footprint, as Woolworths operates in Australia and New Zealand) and translate this to comparable programs in your location, or provide a brief summary of how the SPSA framework is shaping future outcomes.[2][3]