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Barriers to beverage industry circularity are complex – Australia
Posted on February 1, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource: Barriers to beverage industry circularity are complex - Inside Waste The CDS tide of container scope is turning. As little as four years ago when the NSW scheme was kicked off, the government’s primary objective was to reduce litter...
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Technology investment to transform recycling into new products – Australia
Posted on January 31, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource Article An extra 137,000 tonnes of Victoria’s plastic, glass and tyre waste will be transformed into new products every year thanks to a $36.5 million funding boost for local recycling facilities. Thirteen funded projects to build or upgrade our state’s...
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Cross-industry JV brings $50m rPET facility to Vic – Australia
Posted on January 20, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource article The new facility will be the second PET recycling plant to be built by the four-party joint venture, following the construction of a similar plant in Albury-Wodonga, which will be fully operational next month. Each facility will...
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HOW BAD ARE PLASTICS, REALLY?
Posted on January 12, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSouce article Plastics are one of the mojour causes of climate change. Emissions stem from upstream fossil-fuel production and processing. But there are concerns, too, about the potential for even more emissions at the other end of the life cycle, should...
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Europe mixed plastic waste supply to further tighten – Europe
Posted on January 11, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource: Europe mixed plastic waste supply to further tighten - Inside Waste The European mixed plastic waste market is expected to further tighten in 2022 amid growing use of mixed-polyolefins grades by mechanical recyclers and increased use of refuse derived...
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Bugs across globe are evolving to eat plastic, study finds
Posted on December 17, 2021 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource: Bugs across globe are evolving to eat plastic, study finds | Plastics | The Guardian Microbes in oceans and soils across the globe are evolving to eat plastic, according to a study. The research scanned more than 200m genes found...
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The role of business to help reduce plastic pollution – Australia
Posted on December 14, 2021 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource: The role of business to help reduce plastic pollution - Inside Waste With an aim to reduce pollution and confront some of the world’s most challenging environmental problems, a circular economy uses a multitude of approaches. Whether through design,...
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What Are the Most Polluted Rivers in the World?
Posted on December 12, 2021 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource article While the word “river” might conjure up images of gushing white foam spilling over rocks or recall sounds of a babbling brook, the truth is that in today’s modern world, clean rivers are few and far between. The...
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‘Disastrous’ plastic use in farming threatens food safety
Posted on December 10, 2021 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource: ‘Disastrous’ plastic use in farming threatens food safety – UN | Plastics | The Guardian The “disastrous” way in which plastic is used in farming across the world is threatening food safety and potentially human health, according to a...
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Cascade shifts from shrink wraps to cardboard – Australia
Posted on December 9, 2021 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource Article Cascade Brewery will no longer use plastic shrink wrap packaging on its six-pack bottles of beer, opting to use Westrock-designed cardboard packs instead, saving around half a million pieces of plastic from entering the environment each year. “We know some...
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