Residents have diverted 17,000 bags of soft plastic from landfill within the first six months of the launch of the Curby Soft Plastics Program in Newcastle. That's equal to about seven tonnes of plastic—the same weight of four cars!
We're making it even easier for members to recycle soft plastic packaging, with CurbyTags now available for pick-up at four of our facilities during regular opening hours:
The Curby program, run by our project partners iQRenew and CurbCycle, offers a convenient way to recycle your household soft plastic packaging–such as shopping bags, chip packets, bread bags and bubble wrap–using your yellow-lid recycling bin.
While soft plastics are not ordinarily accepted via our kerbside recycling service (they can get tangled in the machinery and be difficult to separate from paper at the sorting facility), the Curby Program involves keeping soft plastics contained in tagged bags that can be filtered from other household recyclables.
Not a member yet? Joining the free program is simple, simply download the Curby app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. You can choose to have your CurbyTags delivered or collect them from one of the facilities above. To learn more, please visit the Curby website.
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