Manly Observer: Council to investigate soft plastic solutions


Manly Observer: Council to investigate soft plastic solutions

Northern Beaches Council is investigating ways to facilitate soft plastics recycling after the national REDcycle program announced it had collapsed last month.

On 22 November, Council approved a motion to ‘facilitate’ soft plastics recycling, an initiative by councillors Rory Amon (Liberal, Pittwater) and Kristyn Glanville (Greens, Curl Curl), which was introduced through cross-party cooperation.

Further research into alternatives is underway, with a report expected at the next Council meeting scheduled for 28 February 2023, after the surprise November announcement by national recyclers REDcycle that they were halting their operation.

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