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Plastic packaging increases fresh food waste, study finds – UK
Posted on March 22, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource Supermarkets should stop selling fresh produce such as apples and potatoes in plastic packaging, research suggests, because it does not make them last longer and adds to pollution and food waste. The 18-month study by the sustainability charity Wrap, which...
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Recycled plastic bottles leach more chemicals into drinks, review finds – UK
Posted on March 22, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Recycling, Plastic Waste NewsSource A widely used kind of recycled plastic bottle passes more potentially harmful chemicals into their contents than newly manufactured bottles, researchers have warned. Researchers from Brunel University London found 150 chemicals that leached into drinks from plastic...
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Lab to detect plastic particles in human body
Posted on March 15, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource In one of the world’s first plastics contamination-controlled laboratories, University of Queensland researchers have begun testing blood and tissue samples to develop ways to detect and measure nanoplastics particles in the human body. A partnership between UQ and Minderoo Foundation,...
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Australia’s largest PET recycling plant up and running
Posted on March 11, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource The much-anticipated PET recycling plant in Albury-Wodonga will process the equivalent of around 1bn PET beverage bottles per year. Pact Group managing director and CEO, Sanjay Dayal, described the new facility as a "game changer" for Australia’s plastic recycling industry . "We...
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Future-focused Waste to Energy Plants – Australia
Posted on March 9, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource: Future-focused - Waste Management Review
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Australia’s 2025 National Packaging Targets
Posted on March 8, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource In 2018 Australia established the ambitious 2025 National Packaging Targets. The Targets create a new sustainable pathway for the way we manage packaging in Australia. The four Targets are: 100 per cent of packaging being reusable, recyclable or compostable by 202570...
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AUS Gov and CSIRO commit to war on plastic waste in Indo-Pacific – Australia
Posted on March 8, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource: AUS Gov and CSIRO commit to war on plastic waste in Indo-Pacific Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade have launched a new $1.3 million partnership to work with Indonesia to tackle plastic...
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Qenos takes Australia a step closer to circular plastics
Posted on March 3, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource Article Plastic Energy UK, which specialises in advanced recycling of plastics using its Thermal Anaerobic Conversion (TAC) process and Axens (France), which has developed the leading-edge Rewind Mix process, will support the recently announced Qenos and Cleanaway Continue reading this entry →
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Landmark $260m investment in advanced recycling plant – Australia
Posted on March 1, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource article San Francisco-based Brightmark has developed plastics renewal facilities using advanced thermo-chemical recycling in the US and its process has been proven at full-scale for continuous operation. “The Parkes facility will process 200,000 tonnes of plastic waste, diverting that waste...
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Recycling ‘falling short’ as way to control plastic pollution
Posted on February 25, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource article Plastics production and leakage in the environment have grown by "stunning" amounts in recent decades. But efforts to both limit pollution from those leaks and increased efforts to innovate new technological solutions have not kept pace. Those are some...
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