Circular Soft Plastics Directory

Putting the Circular Soft Plastics Directory to Work

Monday 15 September 2026, 1:00–2:30 pm (AEST) · Online (Microsoft Teams)

You are invited to a practical ‘how-to’ session for councils on using the Circular Soft Plastics Directory to find, compare and buy Australian-recycled soft-plastic products with confidence. Intended for all council staff, particularly procurement, sustainability, waste, and assets and civil works.

What the Directory is

A free, public directory that brings Australian-recycled soft-plastic products together in one place — currently 84 products from 10 suppliers across 16 council-spend categories, from building materials and bollards to kitchen caddies, decking, wheel stops and asphalt binder. It’s the practical link between these products, the tools councils need to explore procuring them, and demand aggregation that helps close the loop on soft plastics.

What the Directory does

Find

browse verified products and suppliers by category, with supporting data

Compare

a whole-of-life business-case calculator (equivalent annual cost) that compares products made from recycled and virgin materials across product life

Verify

recycled-content and certification for each product

Buy together

signal and pool demand with other councils to increase likelihood of volume pricing, with a portable quote and validity period to take into your own procurement

Justify

modelled greenhouse gas benefit and impact figures to support the business case

What this session covers
  • A guided walk through the Directory, start to finish
  • How to build a whole-of-life business case in minutes using the calculator
  • How demand pooling works — and how to start or join a pool
  • How to take a product from the Directory into your own procurement process
  • Share-with-colleagues tool
  • FAQs and live Q&A — bring your questions and your categories

No preparation needed, but you are highly encouraged to register to use the full Directory (free, no obligation) and explore before the session.