Twelve months after REDcycle’s dramatic collapse, Australians are no closer to a national soft plastics recycling program, leading to calls for the federal government to crack down on the nation’s major supermarkets.
Key points:
- REDcycle stopped collecting soft plastics last November and was declared insolvent in February
- 44 stockpiles of soft plastics have been reduced to 12 nationwide since then
- A soft plastics expert says Australia should be given a “failing grade” for its response to the collapse
The supermarket-based REDcycle scheme stopped operating last November after it was revealed the company was unable to process the mountains of soft plastics it had stored around the country.
The Environment Protection Authority has since hand…
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