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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

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