Wrapping Paper can be disposed of depending on what type of paper it is. Cardboard and paper wrapping that isn’t shiny can be recycled in your kerbside yellow lidded recycling bin. Foil and plastic paper can’t be recycled, unwrap this paper carefully and reuse it or dispose of it in your general waste red or green lidded kerbside bin.
There’s some confusion around cellophane wrap – some is plastic and some is cellulose. A standard test for cellophane is the ‘tear test’; if you can tear it, it’s cellophane and can’t be recycled but can be put in your home compost bin, otherwise dispose of it your kerbside general waste green or red lidded bin. If it stretches, it’s plastic, and can be recycled as soft plastic at a RedCycle collection point outside branches of Coles and Woolworths.