MYSTERIOUS: Redcycle - What They Never Told You

Supermarket brings back soft plastics collection points

A supermarket giant says its scheme to collect and recycle soft plastic packaging from consumers is available in 700 of its stores across five states.

AAP · May 6

A new soft plastics recycling scheme is replacing Australia’s failed REDcycle. Will it mean consumers have to pay more?

A consortium of manufacturers aims to fund the sorting and processing of soft plastics for reuse – but critics say it will pass costs on to consumers

The Guardian - AU · Oct 4, 2025

Going to waste: two years after REDcycle’s collapse, Australia’s soft plastics are hitting the environment hard

Almost 95% of Australia’s soft plastics are still headed for landfill and experts say the packaging industry must take responsibility for the mess

The Guardian - AU · Aug 2, 2025

Coles to phase out soft-plastic bags by the end of June

Coles has promised to phase out soft-plastic shopping bags in-store and online by the end of next month. The supermarket chain says its remaining supply

The New Daily · May 9, 2023

Coles and Woolworths begin moving REDcycle soft plastic stockpiles

Coles and Woolworths say they will meet the deadline to begin disposing of tonnes of soft plastic waste stockpiled by REDcycle.

The New Daily · May 8, 2023

Clock ticks for Coles and Woolworths to shift soft plastic stockpile

Australia's supermarket chains will not receive any more time to move high-risk soft plastic stockpiles from the REDcycle recycling scheme. 

The New Daily · Apr 24, 2023

More stockpiles of soft plastics from failed REDcycle recycling scheme uncovered

Dozens of storage sites found across Australia but estimated amount of plastic reportedly falls from 12,350 tonnes to 11,000

The Guardian - AU · Apr 10, 2023

Extra REDcycle plastic stockpiles uncovered

More stockpiles of soft plastics have been uncovered as the full scale of the collapsed of the REDcycle recycling program becomes clear.

The New Daily · Apr 10, 2023

Australia’s backlog of soft plastic could be processed overseas before supermarket scheme is rebooted

Environment groups say strategy to restart recycling scheme does not go far enough in addressing waste problem

The Guardian - AU · Mar 13, 2023

‘Step in’: Pressure on retailers to clean up their act

The environment minister is under mounting pressure to force industry to deal with the waste it produces and stop relying on voluntary targets.

The New Daily · Mar 9, 2023