However, they should continue recycling paper, hard plastics, aluminium and cardboard through the recycling yellow lid bin service.
REDcycle said it had regrettably temporarily paused its soft plastics collection program, but are committed to having the program back up and running as soon as possible.
Consumer recycling of soft plastic has grown exponentially in recent years, with a 350 per cent increase in plastic returned since 2019, and due to several unforeseen challenges exacerbated by the pandemic, REDcycle’s recycling partners have temporarily stopped accepting and processing soft plastics.
Since REDcycle started 10 years ago, it has diverted 5.4 billion pieces of soft plastic entering landfill and our natural environments.
Cumberland Council says it is committed to providing a number of high quality programs aimed at resource recovery, such as the Mobile Community Recycling Service and Problem Waste Drop Off Stations which provide options to dispose of problem materials such as e-waste, paints and batteries properly, and Bags from Banners program which repurposes event banners into multipurpose bags with the aim to reduce the usage of single use plastic bags within the community.
