The rubbish has been waiting for weeks now. It started politely, of course. A chip packet here, a yoghurt pot there, lounging on the verge like tourists who missed the last bus and decided the pavement
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APR Chemcycle soft plastics facility closer to fruition
Victoria is a step closer to its first soft plastics recycling facility with EPA Victoria issuing a Development Licence to APR Chemcycle. APR Chemcycle proposed to reprocess waste plastic by pyrolysis to generate commercial grade oil as product at a facility to be built at Rowsley Station Rd, Maddingley.
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New soft plastic recycling technology for SA
More than 14,000 tonnes of soft plastics will be diverted from South Australian landfills every year, due to a $20 million investment in advanced recycling technology. Recycling Plastics Australia in Kilburn will clean and purify soft plastics such as shopping bags, chip packets and food wrappers to create feedstock for new soft plastic packaging.
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Coles/Woolworths/ALDI Taskforce trial plastics collection scheme
The Soft Plastics Taskforce, consisting of ALDI, Coles and Woolworths, recently launched a soft plastics recycling trial across 12 Melbourne supermarkets as work continues to rebuild a national soft plastic
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Solution for recycling coloured plastics
A new method for recycling coloured plastics has been developed by scientists at Cardiff University.
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Turning medical plastic waste into useable energy
University of Canterbury (UC) Chemical and Process Engineer, Professor Alex Yip is leading a research team aiming to turn medical plastic waste into energy using catalytic pyrolysis.
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Coles and Woolworths have met their obligations – so far
Coles and Woolworths have met their immediate obligations under the Clean-up Notices issued by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) with more than 5000 tonnes of soft plastics moved to safe storage.
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Pact Group, ALDI partner for recycled packaging
Pact Group has signed a strategic partnership with ALDI Australia to supply recycled plastic packaging for some of the retail giant’s own brand products.
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