While biodegradable plastics and recycling technologies have received widespread attention, a quieter revolution is taking place in the form of plant-based coatings for plastics. These innovative ...

Imagine if you could buy fresh produce that didn't come swaddled in disposable plastic packaging. Instead, it came covered in a thin gauzy layer of something that could be rinsed off under the tap, ...

Many Australians diligently went into Coles and Woolworths to do one thing to help. The opposite was happening behind the scenes. Melbourne-based REDcycle owes $5 million to creditors and it’s been ...

After the memorable collapse of Australia's largest soft plastic recycling program REDcycle in late 2022, a new scheme is emerging. It's remarkably similar, albeit on a much smaller scale. The trial ...

A large-scale soft plastics recycling facility at Taree is processing most of Australia's recycled soft plastics and stockpiled waste from the failed REDcycle scheme. Processed soft plastic is sent to ...

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