Soft plastic recycling in Maitland, picked up from your door
ReSmart collects soft plastics from doorsteps across Maitland, together with your e-waste and textiles. No drop-off point, no sorting bins: book, leave it out, done.
We collect everything, as long as it’s not wet, organic or dangerous.
Where we pick up soft plastics in Maitland
Pickups are available across Maitland City Council. Maitland City Council partners with ReSmart to subsidise pickups for residents. Suburbs we have picked up from recently include:
- East Maitland
- Thornton
- Ashtonfield
- Rutherford
- Tenambit
- Chisholm
- Bolwarra Heights
- Aberglasslyn
- Lorn
- Metford
- Raworth
- Morpeth
See the full list of where we collect and check your address.
Outside our pickup area? Our Ship-to-Us satchels take the same soft plastics, e-waste and textiles from anywhere in Australia. See how Ship-to-Us works.
How it works
Book
Pick a date in the ReSmart app or on the web. Pay per pickup, or use your council's subsidised pickups where they apply.
Bag it
Anything you can scrunch in your hand goes in: bread bags, frozen food bags, bubble wrap, chip bags, wrappers, pouches. Clean and dry, so it doesn't mould.
Leave it out
Put your items at your door on pickup day. Our driver collects them with anything else you’re recycling, and you can see where it all ends up.
The full list of soft plastics we take, and the ones we don't.
What happens to your soft plastics
We work with multiple soft plastics recyclers to offer the best solution available in your area. Your soft plastics are transformed into feedstock oil, which can become soft plastics again, rather than ending up in landfill.
Soft plastic recycling in Maitland: FAQs
Where can I recycle soft plastics in Maitland?
From your own doorstep. ReSmart picks up soft plastics across Maitland, in the suburbs listed above and more, together with your e-waste and textiles and other hard-to-recycle items. There is no drop-off point to drive to: book a pickup and leave your soft plastics out. Check your address on where we collect.
How much does a ReSmart pickup cost?
ReSmart pickups start from $19. If your council subsidises ReSmart, pickups can be free or discounted. You see your exact price when you book.
What soft plastics do you take?
Anything you can scrunch in your hand: bread bags, bubble wrap, frozen food bags, chip bags, squeeze pouches, zip lock bags and ‘return to store’ labelled packaging. Hard plastics and foil packaging aren’t soft plastics, but they go in the same pickup. See the full list.
Are ReSmart pickups subsidised in Maitland?
Maitland City Council partners with ReSmart so residents get council-subsidised pickups; the details and conditions are on where we collect.
What else can go in the same pickup in Maitland?
We collect everything, as long as it’s not wet, organic or dangerous. Soft plastics, textiles, e-waste, cardboard, polystyrene, batteries, light bulbs and the other misfit items all go in one booking, from one doorstep, wherever we pick up in Australia. See the full list of what we pick up.
What happens to soft plastics in Maitland after pickup?
They go to our soft plastics recycling partners, where they are transformed into feedstock oil that can become soft plastics again. Read about the recycling process.
Can businesses in Maitland get soft plastics picked up?
Yes. Offices and cafes use the Office Pack, and businesses with larger volumes use a Commercial Pack with a packaging stream for soft plastics, cardboard and polystyrene, with a dashboard that reports what was collected.