Plastic Bags

Plastic checkout bags can be taken for recycling to participating retailers and should not be placed in the home recycling bin. The bags are then compacted into large heavy blocks ready for further processing and conversion into raw material to make recycled plastic products.

Plastic checkout bag recycling drop-off locations in the Camden LGA include:

  • Coles - Narellan
    Narellan Town Centre,
    326 Camden Valley Way 
    Narellan NSW 2567
  • Coles - Harrington Park, Harrington Park Plaza,
    23a Fairwater Drive,
    Harrington Park NSW 2567
  • Coles - Camden,
    Cnr Murray & South Argyle Streets,
    Camden NSW 2570
  • Woolworths - Narellan, Narellan Town Centre,
    Camden Valley Way,
    Narellan NSW 2567
  • Woolworths - Mt Annan,
    Main Street,
    Mt Annan NSW 2567
  • Woolworths - Camden,
    Cnr Oxley & Argyle Streets,
    Camden NSW 2570

The impact that plastic bags have on the environment is staggering.

Over 200,000 plastic checkout bags are dumped in landfills every hour.

Only 5% of Australia's plastic bags are currently being recycled, despite recycling facilities being available at major supermarkets.

Australians use more than five billion plastic bags per year - if these were tied together, they would stretch around the world approximately 40 times.

Plastic bags can take between 15 and 1,000 years to break down in the environment.

Many marine animals and livestock are harmed or killed by plastic bags that escape from landfill.

What can be done? 

The best solution to this problem is to use reusable bags that prevent you using plastic bags in the first place.

Alternatively, take existing plastic bags to recycling locations listed above.

Source: www.recyclingnearyou.com.au (Planet Ark)