Coles Group boss Steven Cain says the supermarket giant intends to apply for the competition regulator’s approval as early as this week to be able to work with Woolworths and other rivals on new ideas for soft plastics recycling, after its long-time partner was outed as stockpiling plastic bags in warehouses instead of recycling.
REDcycle has been a partner to Coles, Woolworths and other big companies in a program to recycle the plastics that consumers drop off in containers in their stores.
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