The company behind Coles and Woolworths’ soft plastics recycling program has been wound up,days after signing an agreement to hand its 124,000-tonne stockpile over.
The offer from the supermarket giants comes with a major caveat that allows them to dump the stockpiles in landfill under certain conditions.
Top names from Australian business and politics have gathered in Sydney to discuss how to tackle the waste crisis.
With the nation failing to reach recycling targets,the government says it is prepared to step in with regulations should voluntary codes fail.
It has been three months since the collapse of the REDcycle program,but no rescue plan has been developed despite the creation of a special taskforce and the availability of $60 million in government funding.
Complain to supermarkets and manufacturers. Re-use where we can and avoid products needlessly packed in plastic in the first place.
The NSW environment watchdog has issued the supermarket giants with “clean-up” orders to remove 5200 tonnes of plastic waste.
At least one Melbourne bayside council will not provide residents with purple-top bins for glass under a new Victoria-wide recycling system,and will instead rely entirely on public drop-off points.
The environmental watchdog investigating the collapse of Australia’s largest plastic bag recycling program has charged the operators of the REDcycle program for failing to provide information.
Almost 8000 tonnes of plastic bags have been found in warehouses across three states after the collapse of Australia’s largest soft plastics recycling program.
What should be included in the 10-cent refund program? The community can now have their say on a system that has doubled WA’s beverage container recycling rate.