EPA Victoria welcomes the announcement from Australia’s major supermarkets that they will take control of soft plastics collected under the REDCycle scheme that are currently being stored in warehouses across Victoria and nationally.
EPA’s first priority remains on ensuring the storage of soft plastics does not present a risk to our communities and environment.
Our clear preference is for products in storage to be recycled and reused – as was intended by the community when depositing soft plastics at collection points across the state.
We welcome that all options for recycling of the stored materials are being explored to avoid materials being unnecessarily sent to landfill.
EPA will continue to work with the National Soft Plastics Taskforce, which includes the major supermarkets in seeking a long term solution for the recycling of soft plastics.
