Victoria now boasts a $7 million Circular Economy Business Innovation Centre with an initial focus on reducing food and organic waste. This work will build off Sustainability Victoria’s Love Food Hate
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NSW Circular Economy gets funding
While the industry waits for a strategic direction on waste for NSW, new intakes for the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Circulate and Civil Construction Market Programs have opened that aim to divert valuable materials from landfill for re-use, recycling and industrial ecology projects.
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It was a sustainable and future focused awards evening for APCO
More than 20 accolades were awarded during the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) Annual Awards ceremony covering a broad range of industry sectors, including retail, electronics, manufacturing, healthcare, logistics and food and beverage.
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How TexBack PVC composite recycling scheme benefits from NPSIF
The Vinyl Council of Australia (VCA) and its project partner Specialised Textiles Association (STA) have secured Government grant funding of nearly $350,000 to further research into the recycling of waste PVC and polyester (PES) composite textile products in Australia.
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TSA: striving for real world outcomes for tyre derived products
The 2019/20 Annual report from Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) shares the wins, challenges and the vision of the industry funded product stewardship organisation that has a new feel and re-invigorated focus to it.
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Product Stewardship grants deliver new allies
Imagine 200 billion chocolate wrappers being recycled. That’s how much soft plastic packaging will be processed under just one of the proposals funded through the Federal Government’s National Product
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Scotland leads UK’s first deposit return scheme
As Victoria and Tasmania move closer to a CDS, Scotland is introducing the UK’s first deposit return scheme (DRS) which will see a 20 pence (p) fee added to single-use drinks containers in the country from 1 July 2022.
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WA gets serious about its Plastics Plan
Overwhelming community support of 98 per cent in favour of action to reduce the impacts of single-use plastics, has resulted in the release of WA’s Plan for Plastics. According to the government, the
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Chemistry Australia and CSIRO determined to end plastic waste
Chemistry Australia and its Plastics Stewardship Australia initiative have partnered with CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, to “transform plastic waste in Australia”.
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Container deposit schemes are creating new opportunities for kerbside recycling
Container deposit schemes (CDS) are reducing the number of eligible containers in our existing kerbside recycling bins and creating new opportunities for recycling through the nation’s yellow lid recycling
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