Australians could soon be able to recycle soft plastics through their yellow bin in a proposed overhaul of how bins are used.
A trial of the National Plastics Recycling Scheme (NPRS) has shown positive responses from about 7000 households in Victoria, South Australia and NSW to placing soft plastics in orange bags inside the yellow-lid recycling bin.
Findings from the trial run by the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) have found that those who had not used the now-defunct REDCycle drop-off scheme that collected soft plastics outside supermarkets had begun to recycle them through their yellow bin.
The survey of more than 1000 households taking part in the trial found that people favoured using the yellow bin for recycling over…
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