The single-use and other plastic products listed in the legislation are often used away from home and thrown away after a brief use. They are prone to
entering the litter stream, cannot be recycled through conventional systems, and have wasted the embodied resources that have been invested in their
production.
A large number of plastic containers can be recycled through yellow-lidded kerbside recycling bins and soft plastics can be recycled through local supermarkets.
Items such as plastic straws cutlery and stirrers, and polystyrene food service items cannot be recycled through kerbside recycling bins either because
they are difficult to recycle (e.g. expanded polystyrene) or are too small for recycling machinery (e.g. straws, cutlery and stirrers).
Guidance on what can and cannot be placed in kerbside recycling bins is available at www.whichbin.sa.gov.au/