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Plastic Bags Recycling Hotline

Keep plastic bags out of your home recycling. Plastic bags can cause big problems when placed in your kerbside recycling bin.

Take plastic checkout bags to participating supermarkets for recycling.

Plastic checkout bags can be taken to participating supermarkets such as Coles, Woolworths, Franklins or Safeway for recycling. They cannot be placed in home recycling bins. Recycling contractors collect the plastic bags in bulk from participating retailers. The bags are then compacted into large heavy blocks ready for further processing and conversion into raw material to make recycled plastic products.

Reusable woven polypropylene bags (the 'green bags'), cotton and string bags can be washed to prolong their life. At the end of their life they can be taken to second hand stores if they are in good condition, or some materials may be useful as cleaning rags. Bags made from cotton, calico, hemp or bamboo fibres can also be composted a the end of their life.

Plastic Check-out Bags in the Warringah Council area

Drop off locations for Plastic Check-out Bags

14 drop off businesses match on Plastic Check-out Bags within approx 60km of Warringah NSW

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Business Name Address Suburb State Postcode Lon Lat Distance (Km)
The Bower Reuse and Repair Centre 142 Addison Road Marrickville NSW 2204 151.16114616394043 -33.90244326227428
SITA Australia 20 Davis Road Wetherill Park NSW 2164 150.8872220 -33.8372220
ADM 23 Fairfield st Fairfield East NSW 2165 150.9640140 -33.8947950
Cooke's Metal Recyclers P/L 82 Asquith Street Silverwater NSW 2128 151.0371620 -33.8367380
SITA Australia Old Hill Link Auburn NSW 2144 151.05750560760498 -33.844577994661066
SITA Australia Crozier Road Belrose NSW 2085 151.21118545532226 -33.714202115119804
SITA Australia 15 Muir Road Chullora NSW 2190 151.0452177 -33.8928392
SITA Australia 5 Lindsay Street Rockdale NSW 2216 151.14477396011352 -33.95934380585189
SITA Australia 145 Wicks Road North Ryde NSW 2112 151.1365876 -33.7865709
SITA Australia 29 Powers Road Seven Hills NSW 2147 150.9519338607788 -33.77533048446012
SITA Australia 275 Richardson Road Spring Farm NSW 2570 150.73336601257324 -34.0585615719503
SITA Australia Wallgrove Road Eastern Creek NSW 2766 150.85168361663818 -33.806466706546125
SITA Australia New Illawarra Road Lucas Heights NSW 2234 150.9810602 -34.0482823
C&D scrap 24 George Street East Gosford NSW 2250 151.3534700 -33.4411460

Pick up locations for Plastic Check-out Bags

6 pick up businesses match your query on Plastic Check-out Bags

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Business Name Details Picks up Fees
ReuseMoose.com Click Business Name for details Nationally Free
ADM Click Business Name for details NSW May apply
Tiger Waste Collection Tiger Waste collects all sizes and types of waste. No j... NSW May apply
Waste Management Australia Click Business Name for details NSW May apply
Prempac Recycling Solutions Pty Limited Product inspection prior to pick up confirmation. free ... NSW May apply
C&D scrap Pick up must be pre booked. NSW May apply

About plastic checkout bags

  • 20 million Australians still use over 3.9 billion plastic checkout bags a year. That’s 10 million a day!
  • A person's use of a plastic checkout bag can be counted in minutes - however long it takes to get from the shops to their homes. However, plastic bags can take between 15 and 1,000 years to break down in the environment.
  • Many marine and terrestrial animals are killed by plastic bags that escape from landfill. The best solution to this problem is to use reusable bags that prevent you using plastic bags in the first place.

Recycling plastic checkout bags

  • Plastic bags cannot be placed in council recycling bins.
  • Over 200,000 plastic checkout bags are dumped in landfills every hour.
  • Only 3% of Australia's plastic bags are currently being recycled, despite recycling facilities being available at major supermarkets and retail outlets listed above.

For more info:

  • Another way to reduce this problem is to avoid plastic bags in the first place.
  • Use reusable bags for your shopping. Most reusable bags can be washed to prolong their life.
  • Check out Planet Ark's plastic bags reduction website.