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Swansea’s blue bag plastics trial extended – 70 tonnes collected so far
Around 20,000 households across the city have been stuffing crisp packets, bread bags and biscuit wrappers into special blue bags for kerbside pick‑up. The trial, launched in spring, was designed to see if residents would embrace recycling the trickiest plastics that usually end up in black bags.
They did. Within weeks, Swansea Bay News reported more than five tonnes had already been collected. Now the total has soared past 70 tonnes, with the material recycled into new products like bags for life and bin liners.
“A great success story”
Cabinet Member Cyril Anderson said:
“The trial so far has been a really great success story. Residents have got on board with it and have quickly seen the value in using the recycling service and reducing the amount of household waste they put in the black bag. Our plan is to continue the trial into the new year and give residents in the trial areas the opportunity to use the blue bags until June.”
Where it runs
The scheme covers a mix of areas across Swansea – from Blaenymaes, Fforestfach and Penlan to Clydach, Hafod and Townhill – chosen to test how different housing types use the service. Residents outside the trial can still recycle soft plastics at supermarket collection points.
What goes in the bag
Accepted items include crisp packets, bread bags, cereal liners, pet food bags, magazine wrapping and multipack rings. Residents are asked to rinse items and tie bags securely with a double knot.
Items such as cling film, polystyrene, cleaning product pouches and blister packs are not accepted and should go in black bags.
What’s next
The Welsh Government is collating data from Swansea’s trial to help decide how similar schemes could be rolled out across other towns and cities. For now, Swansea households in the pilot areas can keep filling their blue bags until 30 June 2026.
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#Blaenymaes #blueBags #breadBags #cerealLiners #crispPackets #Hafod #magazineWrapping #Penlan #petFoodBags #PlasticRecycling #Recycling #softPlastic #Swansea #SwanseaCouncil #Townhill
Wider proposals to reshape recycling collections across the city, including how soft plastics could fit into future services. -
Coles, Woolworths, Aldi in firing line over new scheme after $16 million disaster: ‘Costs customers’
Supermarkets are pitching a new plastics recycling scheme they say will help clean up the mess left by…
#NewsBeep #News #Business #accc #Aldi #AU #Australia #Coles #plasticsrecycling #softplastic #softplastics #SPSA #Woolworths #Yahoo #YahooNewsAustralia
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🔍 Ah, the hard-hitting exposé on soft plastic! Apparently, all it takes to save the planet is a cart and a mural. Because nothing screams environmental activism like counting your trash while painting a wall. 🎨🗑️
https://www.everydayplastic.org/softplastic #environmentalactivism #softplastic #trashart #muralproject #planetearth #HackerNews #ngated -
1/3 A student in the Media Studies program here at VIU is graduating this year with her Degree in Digital Media Studies. She did a 3-part documentary-series as one of her final projects. It’s on soft plastic recycling, the challenges and opportunities. It includes some excellent tips, video footage. I’ll link each part in this and the next two posts.
#Recycling #Plastic #SoftPlastic #Landfills #GlobalRecycling #BC #Nanaimo #CentralVancouverIsland
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Here’s a newsflash: REDcycle did not recycle a single piece of soft plastic.
If nothing else, the REDcycle collapse has highlighted the complexity of recycling. And it has been a wake up for us all to reduce the unnecessary consumption of all types of plastic
https://www.cleanup.org.au/softplasticsrecycling101
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@GrumpyPenguin same in Queensland. This urgently needs a fix. So much is now made from recycled plastics . There has to be a solution. I will continue to stockpile and not put it in the bin.
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Does anyone know where we can #recycle #SoftPlastic waste in #Melbourne - now that #Woolies (and ? #Coles too) have ceased supplying bins for it?