Here are some recent relevant announcements regarding soft plastics recycling in Australia:
Soft Plastic Stewardship Australia announces its Stakeholder Advisory Council
APR Plastics gains EPA licence
iQRenew awarded $9.1m by the Australian and New South Wales governments to upgrade their facility
ACCC issues draft determination for Soft Plastic Stewardship Australia
Joint media release: Soft plastic recycling gets $15.6 million boost in Victoria (27 August 2024)
Joint media release: New soft plastic recycling technology for South Australia (16 July 2024)
Soft Plastics Taskforce Roadmap to Restart (7 March 2023)
Coles Group Soft Plastics Recycling Trial (select Melbourne stores) (8 February 2024)
APCO reminds ARL Program Users to remove old soft plastic recycling labels
(6 May 2024)
Kerbside trials win new recruits to soft plastics recycling (April 2023)
Australian Government opens consultation on reform of packaging regulations (September 2024) Reform of Packaging Regulation – Climate (dcceew.gov.au)
Environment Ministers Meeting Communique on national packaging regulatory scheme and consultation on recyclability, recycled content and designing out chemicals of concern (June 2024) https://www.dcceew.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/emm-communique-21-june-2024.pdf
Viva Energy and Cleanaway team up to address hard-to-recycle plastic waste (April 2024) https://www.cleanaway.com.au/sustainable-future/viva-energy-cleanaway-trial/
Metcash and 7-Eleven join industry-led soft plastics Recycling Scheme (March 2024) Metcash and 7-Eleven join industry-led soft plastics recycling scheme – Australian Food and Grocery Council (afgc.org.au)
Environment Ministers Meeting Communique announce intent to regulate if voluntary stewardship does not work, and forming a recycling traceability framework in moving to a circular economy (November 2023) https://www.dcceew.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/emm-communique-10-nov-2023.pdf