Victorians To Bring Rubbish To State Parliament To Protest Recycling Issues

Victorians fed up with their recycling being sent to landfill are planning to dump plastic, paper and cans on the steps of state parliament in a bid to get authorities to take action.

The campaign by Friends of the Earth on Tuesday morning is calling on the state government to address a recycling crisis caused by the shutdown of a major processor.

Organisers want people to bring their weekly recycling to parliament to tell the government "if you send our recycling to landfill, we will bring it to you".

Some councils have been forced to send reusable waste to landfill after the state's environment watchdog in February shut down three plants operated by SKM Services Pty Ltd amid fears stockpiles of recyclables posed a fire hazard.

The shutdown left the sector in limbo, as SKM was responsible for collecting about half of Victoria's kerbside recycling.

Last week one of the company's plants at Laverton North was allowed to resume accepting materials, but the other two remain shut.

Councils left in limbo have asked the state government to set up a container deposit scheme and for more cash to cover the costs incurred from the shutdown

Transform Waste campaign coordinator Anine Cummins said Victorians and councils were fed up with the situation and needed the state government to do more.

"It's a message to the state government that you can't keep dragging your feet on this," she told AAP.

Victorian Greens leader Samantha Ratnam and Greens MP for Melbourne, Ellen Sandell, are expected to attend Tuesday's recycling display.