Nature often demonstrates extraordinary ingenuity in material design, where structure dictates function. Examples include the toughness of nacre, the rigidity of bamboo, and the vivid coloration in ...

Major Australian supermarket retailers have received permission to cooperate to find a solution to plastic film recycling. The retailers had to seek permission from the Australian Competition & ...

Walk into any of the stores operated by the four major supermarket chains serving the Boise area, and near an entrance you’ll find a bin inviting you to drop off plastic store bags and other soft ...

Australia has launched a new soft plastics recycling scheme three years after REDcycle’s collapse, but the program expects to recycle less than one per cent of the nation’s waste. However, the ...

Imagine the weight of three Sydney Harbour Bridges. Between 2022 and 2023, product manufacturers were responsible for 540,000 tonnes (or three Sydney Harbour Bridges) of soft plastic packaging in ...

We’ve all been told to cut back on waste to help prevent environmental crisis on Earth. Reducing waste helps reduce the need to spend time and energy digging up fresh materials, and helps reduce the ...

Brisbane, Australia — Soft plastic collection could soon return to Australian supermarkets, following a preliminary green light from the country's antitrust regulator. The Australian Competition and ...

However, the replacement scheme, named Soft Plastic Stewardship Australia (SPSA), is largely restricted to capital cities in four states and is only set to recycle 4-5 per cent of the nation’s soft ...