Tag: recycling

The Arnott’s Group supports the future of recycled packaging

The research program looks to progress technologies in recycling, bio plastics and carbon capture to address the plastic packaging challenges that faces the food and beverage industry. The progressive collaboration, backed by FP...

Containers for Change launches collection service in WA

Western Australians can now access Containers for Change Collect, an on-demand service that is expected to increase accessibility to the “widely popular” container deposit scheme. According to the Western Australian government, Containers for...

Visy steps in to process hard-to-recycle plastics

Australian recycler Visy has acquired the assets of Victorian plastics recycling business Advanced Circular Polymers (ACP), post its collapse late last year. Located in Somerton in Melbourne’s north, ACP reprocessed plastics from kerbside...

Victoria’s biggest PET plastic bottle recycling plant opens

A new $50 million PET plastic bottle recycling plant has opened in Melbourne, coinciding with the start of Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme. The Circular Plastics Australia (PET) plant is said to be capable...

Aussies underestimate costs of food waste

Planet Ark is encouraging Australians to save themselves money and improve their environmental footprint this National Recycling Week (13-19 November) by reducing food waste to landfill. The call-to-action comes as research carried out...

Simply Cups now recycling all paper cups

Simply Cups is expanding to recycle all paper-based cups, such as take-away soft drink cups, ice cream cups and chip cups. Since May 2017, Simply Cups has been recycling coffee cups. But following...

NSW Return and Earn nears 10 billion returns

The NSW Return and Earn scheme is set to reach the milestone of 10 billion recycled cans and bottles at return points. Users have earned $1 billion in container refunds since the scheme...

CDS Vic to create more than 600 jobs across the state

The Andrews Labor Government will create more than 600 new jobs through Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme (CDS Vic), which will reduce the state’s litter by up to half when it begins later...
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