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New VIC govt body launched to support recycling – Australia
Posted on July 7, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource Recycling Victoria aims to strengthen the state’s waste and recycling sector, driving innovation and industry security, helping circular economies to thrive, and supporting the introduction of the new container deposit scheme. The new entity will oversee new standards, regulations and...
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Australia launches plastics innovation hub in Vietnam
Posted on June 28, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource Australia has launched the Plastics Innovation Hub Vietnam (or, the Hub Vietnam), an initiative to tackle plastic waste in the Indo-Pacific through the development of real-world solutions to the problem. Read more about the Plastic Innovation Hub Vietnam on...
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Why coffee cups are a recycling nightmare – Inside Waste – Australia
Posted on June 23, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsWhy coffee cups are a recycling nightmareBRENDAN LEE7 hours agoImage: ShutterstockOver one billion disposable coffee cups are used by Australians every year. They fill up our bins, overflow into the streets and parkways, and blow into our waterways and...
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Microplastics found in freshly fallen Antarctic snow for first time
Posted on June 9, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource Microplastics have been found in freshly fallen snow in Antarctica for the first time, which could accelerate snow and ice melting and pose a threat to the health of the continent’s unique ecosystems. The tiny plastics –...
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Amazon shareholders approve plastic packaging cuts
Posted on June 2, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource Near majority of Amazon shareholders (48.9%) have approved an As You Sow proposal at the company’s annual meeting last week, which called for plans to cut plastic used for its packaging. The shareholder resolution asked the world’s largest online retailer...
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Majority of Phillips 66 Shareholders Support Studying Shift Away From Virgin and Single-Use Plastics
Posted on May 25, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource A first-of-its-kind shareholder resolution challenging a major petrochemical company on plastics production received majority support (50.4%) from Phillips 66 shareholders at the company’s annual meeting last week. The resolution requests that Phillips 66 publish a...
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California Department of Justice Launches Unprecedented Investigation Into Plastics Industry
Posted on May 22, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsApril 28, 2022 - California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced this week a historic investigation into the role of fossil fuel and petrochemical industries in a “decades-long campaign of deception” about the harmful impacts of plastic pollution, and for causing...
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Why Do We Find It Necessary to Rank Threats to the Planet Against One Another?
Posted on May 22, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource On to waste management. Disposal routes for conventional plastics are lacking. These including recycling (only around 10% of plastics are recycled6), landfilling, or incineration. The largest contributor to climate change of those disposal strategies is waste incineration. Not only...
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New research eats through plastic waste – USA
Posted on May 3, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource Scientists in Texas are working on a variant of an enzyme that can break down plastic in mere days. The discovery of this enzyme by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin could help with environmental pollution...
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Review finds packaging regulation fails to drive change
Posted on April 26, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations, Plastic Waste NewsSource Time is ticking to resolve the serious flaws that exist in the regime for managing packaging waste, a review of the National Environment Protection Measure (NEPM) for Used Packaging Materials (UPM), released by the Federal Government, has found. National Waste and...
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