Soft Plastic Drop Off Days
Good news! The event you have all been waiting for! (Updated 25/11/2024).
Circular Plastics Illawarra is excited to pass on dates for soft plastics recycling drop off days. Illawarra Shoalhaven Joint Organisation (ISJO) along with Wollongong City, Shellharbour City, Kiama Municipal and Shoalhaven City councils have finalised dates for Soft Plastics drop days. Soft plastic dropped off will be bagged, bundled and aggregated to be sent to a recycling facility to be recycled. See details with dates below.
Here are some more details on the local council soft plastics drop-off events.
WHEN AND WHERE (Check here for last minute updates)
Friday 27th Dec 7.30am - 12pm Fred Finch Park, Berkeley
Saturday 28th Dec 7.30am - 12pm Rex Jackson Oval, Helensburgh
Monday 30th Dec 7.30am - 12pm Ziems Park, Corrimal
Sunday 24th November 9.00am – 3pm Albion Oval carpark, Ash Ave, Albion Park Rail
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Sunday 23th February 9.00am – 3pm Albion Oval carpark, Ash Ave, Albion Park Rail
Wednesday 20th November 8am – 4pm Minnamurra Waste Facility
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Wednesday 12th February 8am – 4pm Minnamurra Waste Facility
Shoalhaven
Wednesday 12th February 8am – 4pm Ulladulla recycling & waste depot
Wednesday 12th February 8am – 4pm West Nowra recycling & waste depot
WHAT YOU CAN RECYCLE
Clean, dry and empty soft plastic packaging
Soft plastics are any flexible plastics than can easily scrunched into a ball
Examples: plastic bags, wrap, pasta bags, chip packets, biscuit wrap, snack wrappers, frozen food bags, bubble wrap, pet food bags etc
A poster with more information on what you can recycle is available here.
How to identify what soft plastic will be accepted for recycling collection. Must be Clean, Empty and Dry