Australia's antitrust regulator, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, has proposed granting the nation's three major supermarket chains a year to resolve post-consumer soft plastic ...

The What. Soft plastics, which is a broad term for a variety of packaging materials, are not accepted in the campus standard mixed recycling. Some common soft plastic materials are candy wrappers, ...

Despite an improvement in plastic recycling in recent years, landfill is a growing issue. Soft plastics like cling wrap and plastic bags are a major contributor to the problem, with 94 percent ...

BARRINGTON — The town transfer station's soft plastics recycling program has seen collection volumes increase from 3,119 pounds in 2023 to 4,337 pounds in 2024, representing a quarterly increase ...

New King County project gives more options for recycling soft plastics. Mar 19, 2022, 8:38 AM (Getty Images) (Getty Images) Share . BY NICOLE JENNINGS. Former KIRO Newsradio Reporter.

Soft plastic recycling made a quiet return in February when the three biggest supermarket chains – Coles, Woolworths and Aldi – put their collection bins back in service at 12 Melbourne ...

Soft plastics have historically been hard to recycle because they include a wide mix of products, Recycle BC said, but research with Merlin Plastics led to “a breakthrough moment” in 2022.