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Soft plastic recycling coming back with new facility open in NSW (www.abc.net.au)
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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 a range of Australian manufacturers for reuse in a range of products.

Efforts are underway to boost demand for products made with recycled plastic.

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[–] Tau@aussie.zone 7 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

That would be the best idea to reduce the issue and there is a lot that could be cut out. For example looking at recent shopping the potatoes could have come in a hessian bag instead of plastic (or loose and paper bagged in the shop for small amounts) and the lettuce really did not need to be in its own plastic bag. Soft plastic is harder to replace though for some things (e.g. cheese) so having a way to recycle what will be used is good.

[–] blind3rdeye@aussie.zone 2 points 5 hours ago

I bought some potatoes and other vegetables at a supermarket today. I didn't use any kind of bag for any of them. I put them straight from the shelf into the shopping basket, then from the shopping basket into my backpack with everything else. I reckon that's a good way to do it.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 10 hours ago

100% biodegradable plastics exist, my bin bags are made of them