Changes to recycling at Anglesea Transfer Station

THE Anglesea Transfer Station has relaunched its soft plastic recycling program and is now an authorised drop off point for unwanted paints.

This follows a successful trial collection in 2024, which saw almost 500 residents drop off a combined 890kg of soft plastics in just three days.

From this month, households are invited to drop off clean, dry, soft plastics, including bread bags, chip packets, bubble wrap, plastic bags and cling film at no charge.

Collected soft plastics will be baled at Anglesea and sent to a Melbourne recycling facility to be turned into new soft plastic packaging, road materials or converted into gas for energy.

Surf Coast Shire councillor Leon Walker welcomed the introduction of an ongoing soft plastic recycling program on the Surf Coast.

“It is fantastic to be able to recycle our soft plastics locally again,” Cr Walker said.

 

“The trial collection in 2024 was an overwhelming success, and we know the community has been waiting for this ongoing opportunity.”

The Anglesea Transfer Station is now also accepting eligible paints and packaging from households and professional painters at no charge.

The paint will be separated and recycled into fuel and other by-products at a specialist facility, while the paint tins and plastic tubs will be recycled.

Eligible paint must be in its original container, with tins no larger than 20L. A maximum of 100L of eligible paint products can be dropped off per visit.

“We know waste is one of the biggest challenges and costs we face as a community,” Cr Walker said.

“Every item we can keep out of landfill and feed back into the circular economy helps reduce both the environmental and financial impacts.”

For more information, including a full time of the soft plastics accepted at the Angelsea Transfer Station, visit surfcoast.vic.gov.au/SoftPlastics

To learn more about the paints now eligible for recycling, head to surfcoast.vic.gov.au/Paintback