KitKat officially gets recycled plastic wrapper
Nestlé Australia has taken its prototype KitKat wrapper made with recycled plastics and have taken it mainstream by incorporating the technology into its 45g KitKat bars.
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CSIRO pledge to reduce Australian plastic pollution
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.
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Few Women in Industry tickets left
The Women in Industry Awards celebrate the outstanding success and work that women in traditionally male-dominated markets have achieved and demonstrated over the past year.
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Pact Group gets $20 million government funding
Pact Group has received $20 million in funding from the Federal Government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative for Recycling and Clean Energy Manufacturing projects to support its investments in world-leading technology which will increase the amount of recycled materials in locally made plastic packaging.
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Capitalising on a rapidly transforming waste sector
Rapidly changing industry transformation can be tough on small businesses, but it can also create lucrative opportunities.
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Veolia’s Kirkman: “more recycling” needed to prevent climate change
Veolia has set out a road map to ecological transformation and says it fully endorses the NSW Government’s announcement to halve carbon emissions by 2030, calling the move necessary, progressive and achievable, if the right policy drivers and system changes are put in place to underpin the ambition, according to CEO Richard Kirkman.
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Better access to free recycling of televisions and computers
Australian households and small businesses will have better access to free recycling for their computers and televisions as the federal government has approved two more providers for the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme (NTCRS).
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Australia’s support for global plastics treaty a breakthrough
Australia’s support for a binding global treaty to address marine plastic pollution is a breakthrough, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia.
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The cost of getting an EfW project up and running
Perth’s East Rockingham Waste to Energy is due to go live in June 2022 after what has been described as a long and painful process. Getting an energy-from-waste (EfW) project green lit is not easy with
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Smart bins great for data, but be prepared to pay
Technology is designed to make things easier for those using it – whether it be hardware or software. Progress is also seen as a way of setting new standards, putting in innovative solutions, and making sure procedures run smoothly.
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