As the Australian government finally begins to put funding into plastic recycling infrastructure 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 (via the Recycling Modernisation Fund) (RMF) bringing the federal government’s investment to $250 million), it now begs the question ‘is recycling plastic going to solve the plastic crisis?’ Commonsense tells us no it won’t. Why? Because in reality, plastic recycling does nothing to reduce the amount of plastic generated every day by our economy. Read More
There seems to be some confusion in the community about the difference between home composting and commercial composting, and if packaging with either of the logos can be composted in Australia?
Australians are keen recyclers, but sadly only a small portion of plastic is recycled. Did you know around 8 billion tons of plastic has been produced globally since the 1950s, but only 10% has actually been recycled? Read More
