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What are the top 10 marine waste items? – Australia
Posted on April 21, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource More polystyrene is being collected from the nation’s largest waterways and marine environments than any other type of plastic, supporting a national government push to phase out its use in consumer products by the end of the year, according...
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Oops, cleaning the Great Pacific Garbage Patch was probably a bad idea
Posted on April 20, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic & Wildlife, Plastic Waste NewsSource Many scientists worry that flashy efforts to clean plastic from the ocean do more harm than good. Some scientists think that cleaning up the open ocean is a futile, and perhaps even harmful, endeavor. Several marine biologists told Vox that...
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Woolworths rolls out compostable bags in SA – Australia
Posted on April 14, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource Woolworths is "growing greener" in South Australia as it launches new locally made compostable fruit and vegetable bags by Biobag, the first Australian state to do so, in a bid to help further slash single-use plastic waste. The switch has...
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SMX completes PCR plastics traceability trial – Australia
Posted on April 7, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource ASX-listed company Security Matters (SMX) has successfully completed a trial for marking recycled plastics in a fully commercial industrial facility, which studied the impact of different feeding methods on final post-consumer recycled content (PCR). The successful trial, which comes as the...
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Do you toss biodegradable plastic in the compost bin? Here’s why it might not break down
Posted on April 6, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource I176 countries, including Australia, last month endorsed a United Nation’s resolution to establish a legally binding treaty by 2024 to end plastic pollution. This is a good start – more effective recycling and recovery of plastics will go a long way to...
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RMF gets additional $60m for advanced plastic recycling – Australia
Posted on April 5, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations, Plastic Waste NewsSource The federal government has announced $60 million in additional funding for the Recycling Modernisation Fund (RMF), specifically targeting the advanced recycling of plastics. The RMF was set up to change how Australia manages its waste, as the country...
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CSIRO pledge to reduce Australian plastic pollution – Australia
Posted on March 31, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, will tackle Australia’s plastic pollution problem, pledging to help Australia reduce 80 per cent of its plastic waste by the end of the decade. An initial $50M will be invested into CSIRO’s Ending Plastic Waste Mission, to...
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2022 budget commits $83.1m to waste and recycling – Australia
Posted on March 31, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource The Australian Government announced in the 2022 budget that it is spending $83.1 million over five years on Australia’s waste and recycling capabilities to help reach 2030 waste targets. A further $18.2 million will go towards improving awareness of correct recycling...
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CEFC, Woolworths back Samsara’s infinite recycling – Australia
Posted on March 31, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource Samsara launched last year, and claims it has developed a new way to infinitely recycle plastic which it says will help end plastic pollution. The company says the technology uses enzymes to break plastic down to its core building...
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Unilever aims for switch to recycled food packaging
Posted on March 31, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource According to the company, the findings of a recent survey by Boston Consulting Group of 15,000 people globally, which revealed that 83 per cent of millennial and Gen Z consumers said they’d be willing to pay more for products...
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