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  Rich Fine

  

  Minister's list underlines stewardship as the solution

  insidewaste.com.au

  The Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence has welcomed the release of the Minister’s 2022-2023 product stewardship priority list. Minister for the …

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  Rich Fine

  

  Why I support regulating my industry

  greenbiz.com

  Packaging EPR laws represent a critical lever to improving the packaging supply chain.

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  Rich Fine

  

  Going circular requires integration, not isolation

  insidewaste.com.au - Gayle Sloan

  The circular economy debate has intensified over the last few years, with governments – state/territory and federal – attempting to develop policies …

• A report by Wrap and Valpak in February showed that 3.2 billion single-use fibre-composite cups were used in 2019, with just 2.8 per cent being recycled. Almost none of the 3.2 billion pieces of fibre-composite food packaging placed on the market were recycled because there was “no recycling or infrastructure in place” for these materials. Targets for fibre-composite packaging – which has become a popular alternative to pure plastic – will be set for 2026, with a mandatory take-back scheme introduced in 2024 under the new pEPR regime.

  

  Rich Fine

  

  The problem with packaging

  theiet.org - David Burrows

  The conveyor belt whizzes past, carrying waste that residents have put in their recycling bins. Moving almost as fast, a handful of pickers remove …

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  Rich Fine

  

  Scrap Vancouver’s cup fee and replace it with province-wide deposit, group urges

  Global News - Simon Little

  A Vancouver non-profit is calling on the province to extend its container deposit program to cover single-use cups. The Binners’ Project supports the …

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  Rich Fine

  

  What if Single-Use Plastics Manufacturers Were Responsible for Their Own Waste? - Core77

  core77.com

  What if a major producer of plastic waste, like Pepsi Co. or Coca-Cola, was responsible for recovering every single piece of plastic they produced? …