Replas recycled park seating installed in Bendigo play space
The City of Greater Bendigo has recently installed new park seating at the Garden Drive Play Space in Epsom made from recycled soft plastics collected through REDcycle and processed at Replas Ballarat.
City of Greater Bendigo Resource Recovery and Education Manager Brooke Pearce said with the Eaglehawk Landfill set to close in 2022/2023 the City of Greater Bendigo has commenced identifying, purchasing and installing products that support a circular economy to recirculate end-of-life material resources.
The REDcycle Program is a recovery initiative for post-consumer soft plastic. The program has teamed up with Coles and Woolworths supermarkets and some of Australia’s popular brands to make it easy to keep plastic bags and soft plastic packaging out of landfill.
The program allows soft plastics to be collected and taken to a local Coles or Woolworths supermarket REDcycle collection point for disposal.
Soft plastics collected through REDcycle are processed at Replas Ballarat into products such as bollards, decking, fencing, fitness trails and furniture as well as products suitable for traffic control, parks, gardens and the utilities industry.
Pearce notes “the new park seating is a great example of a circular economy product because it’s made from soft plastics which usually end up in landfill.
“Using products made from recycled resources is a great way to support a circular economy and it is also in-line with the City’s Zero Waste and Circular Economy Policy.
“The City is encouraging residents to dispose of their soft plastics through the REDcyle Program operating at local supermarkets instead of placing them in their waste bin so they can be recycled into new items.
“It’s amazing to think that one small pod seat is made using over 7500 pieces of soft plastic and some of the other items that are produced use over 25,000 pieces of soft plastics that would have been destined for landfill.”
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Image: An example of Replas’ recycled park seating
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