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"Imagine the weight of three Sydney Harbour Bridges. Between 2022 and 2023,
product manufacturers were responsible for 540,000 tonnes (or three Sydney
Harbour Bridges) of soft plastic packaging in Australia. Even worse, only 6%
was recovered for recycling.
Following the spectacular collapse of REDcycle’s recycling program a few years
ago, Australians discovered that instead of being recycled as promised, huge
stockpiles of soft plastics had been secretly stockpiled in warehouses.
The consumer watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, is
proposing a new voluntary scheme where supermarkets and manufacturers work
together to collect and recycle soft plastics. Public submissions on the scheme
are due by next Monday, August 25.
So what’s being proposed? And how could buying more food without plastic
packaging potentially save you money?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
