Soft plastics recycling collections absent in top of South Island

From Checkpoint, 6:11 pm on 22 April 2022

There's still no collection for soft plastics in the top of the South Island - despite the scheme restarting nationwide more than two years ago.

The scheme stopped in 2018 when offshore plants said they didn't want it. There's now more ability to process plastics onshore - with hopes the scheme will expand even further across the motu.

Here's our Nelson Marlborough reporter, Samantha Gee.