Plastic Recycling Archives - Page 15 of 18 - Plastic Waste Solutions
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Kerbside trial for soft plastics starts in SA – Australia
Posted on December 6, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic RecyclingSource A new SA kerbside recycling trial aims to close the loop on soft plastic packaging. The trial, led by the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) in partnership with CAWRA (the Central Adelaide Waste and Recycling Authority), and the...
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Challenges and priorities for success on plastics in Australia
Posted on December 2, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic RecyclingAttendees at a conference in Nov 22 Australia have boldly called for a set of improvements to prevent the loss of a vital industry in Australia and to ensure plastic pollution and recycling targets are reached. The first conference in Australia...
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As plastics treaty talks open, a diplomatic push to ‘restrain’ virgin resins
Posted on December 2, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic RecyclingSource As talks on a global plastics treaty open Nov. 28 in Uruguay, a key proposal on the table from about 50 countries and dozens of multinational firms is having the agreement "restrain" plastic production and consumption. Whether the treaty ultimately...
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EU unveils plans to cut Europe’s plastic and packaging waste
Posted on December 2, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Recycling, Plastic Waste NewsSource The EU executive wants to ban mini-shampoo bottles in hotels and the use of throwaway cups in cafes and restaurants, as part of sweeping legal proposals to curb Europe’s mountains of waste. A draft EU regulation published on Wednesday also...
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Soft plastic collection trials under way in Victoria – Australia
Posted on November 30, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic RecyclingSource The first in a series of trials of kerbside collection of soft plastic packaging has begun in Victoria’s Macedon Ranges Shire Council, making recycling of plastics such as bread bags, cereal box liners and ice cream wrappers easy for...
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Plastics into oil at APR Plastics – Australia
Posted on November 30, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic RecyclingAPR Plastics has installed an advanced recycling unit that will convert hard to recycle soft plastics destined for landfill, such as chocolate wrappers and bread packaging, into oil for plastic remanufacture. The WASTX P1000 uses pyrolysis, the process of applying high...
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WMRR welcomes announcement of Circular Economy Ministerial Advisory Group – Australia
Posted on November 29, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic RecyclingPress release form the WMRR on 25 Nov 2022 WMRR welcomes announcement of Circular Economy Ministerial Advisory Group...
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ACCC gives OK to collaborate over soft plastics – Australia
Posted on November 29, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic RecyclingSource Major supermarket retailers will form part of a Soft Plastics Taskforce to explore solutions to address the immediate effects of REDcycle suspending its return-to-store soft plastics recovery program, following a conditional ACCC interim authorisation. Coles, Woolworths and ALDI lodged an...
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Qenos and Cleanaway have answer to soft plastic woes – Australia
Posted on November 24, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic RecyclingSource Qenos and Cleanaway are offering up part of the solution to Australia’s soft plastic waste woes after the suspension of the country’s largest soft plastics collection and recycling scheme run by REDCycle. “Qenos and Cleanaway have been working together on...
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REDcycle pause spurs broader industry discussion – Australia
Posted on November 19, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic RecyclingSource “Soft plastic recycling comprises less than 0.02 per cent of total domestic recycling, however the REDcycle scheme has played a vitally important role in creating pathways and providing a solution for this very visible and hard-to-recycle material,” “There is a...
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