What happens to your soft plastics

We bring soft plastics recycling to your doorstep or business.

How it works

  1. Book an on-demand pickup or subscribe to our monthly plan on our website or the RecycleSmart app.

  2. Pack your soft plastics (and other tricky-to-recycle things) in our pink bags or any regular shopping bag (approx. 40x40x20cm).

  3. A friendly local driver will collect your items and drop them off at our consolidation point.

What happens to the soft plastics?

We are partnered with multiple soft plastics recyclers to offer the best solution currently available in your area. Your soft plastics will then be turned back into oil, or additive for asphalt for example.

Here’s how the “soft-plastics-to-oil” process works:

  • The soft plastics are baled and transported to Victoria where it will be processed.

  • At the facility, the soft plastics will be shredded so they can be consistently fed into the process.

  • Shredded plastics will then be fed into a pyrolysis machine.

  • The uniquely designed corkscrew conveyor transports the plastic material into the reactor and breaks it down at high temperatures. The plastic will then be converted into feedstock oil.


  • The feedstock oil will be sent to a refinery for further processing. It will be turned into resin, which enables it to be turned back into food grade plastic packaging again.

  • Have more questions? Check out our FAQ.

Want to know where we collect soft plastics and other tricky-to-recycle items? Click here.

Let’s turn the 70 billion pieces of soft scrunchable plastics used in Australia each year into a huge opportunity and build a circular economy together!

More questions? Visit our FAQ.