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Environment
Karen Sweeney

FOUND: Failed recycling program a fire hazard - You Need To See This

Environmental officials are checking risks at sites where tonnes of plastic bags have been stored. (Peter Rae/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Fire risk is being monitored at nine sites where more than 3000 tonnes of soft plastic was uncovered from the collapse a major Australian recycling scheme.

Materials which should have been recycled have instead been found in nine warehouses across Melbourne after the collapse of the REDcycle soft plastic recycling scheme.

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