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autumn 2018
Edition 14
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EDI TORI AL
Rob Langford
Chair The Packaging Forum
E
VERY SUMMER New Zealanders any improvements into the solutions for materials which are not
and 500,000 international specifications before we roll out currently able to be processed on
visitors enjoy relaxing at further. shores (mixed paper; coloured PET
our beaches and parks, playing plastic (1), plastics 2-7).
Through our Public Place Recycling
or watching sports and attending
and Glass Packaging schemes we Late last year, The Auckland Council
festivals and concerts. It’s also
have supported waste minimisation released its “Cost Benefit Analysis
the busiest time of year for the
at events attended by over 400,000 of a Container Deposit System”
waste industry. In December over
people over the summer. Last year prepared by Sapere Research
$6 billion is spent on consumer
we stipulated that our funding Group. Our scheme managers have
goods so it’s not surprising that we
should contribute to post event met with Auckland Council and we
generate nationally around 30%
sortation or activations at events will continue discussions with local
more waste at this time of year.
to ensure that the waste stream is and central government because it’s
In our seaside and tourist areas
clean for recyclers and composters. imperative that industry is informing
such as Thames Coromandel,
This is helping to improve the quality the debate. We’re closely watching
Tasman, Queenstown Lakes and
of recovered materials and the the roll out of the CDS in New South
Bay of Plenty, waste volumes can
recycling rate. Wales as NSW also has an existing
quadruple — and overflowing bins
comprehensive kerbside collection.
create litter. With packaging much more often in
the media, it’s encouraging to see We continue to work hard at finding
As part of our Let’s Put Litter
positive coverage and support from sustainable solutions and alternates
in its Place campaign, we have
local government for our successful for waste materials. This has
introduced smart technology
soft plastics recycling scheme. become more challenging as on-
rubbish and recycling facilities in
We’re now collecting 12 tonnes of shore and near shore infrastructure
four pilot regions (Marlborough,
soft plastic materials every week. to manage the reuse is currently
Queenstown Lakes, Tauranga and
With further expansion planned, we limited hindering the ability to
Rotorua) over the summer. These
are trialling processing solutions deliver a local circular solution.
bins are being fitted with intelligent
here in New Zealand and off shore
(Eyefi) technology which sends We are looking forward to
to create markets for what is
the contractor an alert when they discussing priorities with Minister
effectively a low/no value material.
need to be emptied. In summer, Sage and her department and we
this might be several times a day. China’s ban on importing recyclable very much appreciate the Minister’s
Off peak it might be once a week. waste is now impacting other Asian willingness to give her perspectives
We’ve designed the bins so that markets resulting in increased on packaging and waste in this
they can be easily recognised by costs for recyclers and challenging newsletter.
colour and size and with clear EU recycling rate targets. This is
Nga Mihi
signage in several languages. It’s changing the paradigm for waste
early days but feedback is positive management but is an opportunity
and we’re looking to incorporate for New Zealand to invest in local
perspectives | hon. eugenie sage hot off
Associate Minister for the Environment
the press!
RADIO NZ
OUTSPOKEN TAKING
OUT THE TRASH
RNZ’s Teresa Cowie spoke to
industry players and environmental
campaigners at the forefront of
helping consumers recycle, and
those pushing for more to be
done. Consumer New Zealand
chief executive Sue Chetwin
noticed a big change in consumer
attitudes to single-use plastic bags.
Sandra Murray from the Product
Stewardship Council said even the
progress on soft plastics was not
enough — not all producers were
S
INCE I BECAME Associate Retailers have picked up the soft participating in recycling schemes,
Environment Minister with plastics scheme which has been
which meant it created a non-
responsibility for waste I part-funded through the Waste
level playing field. Lyn Mayes for
have been struck by how much Minimisation Fund and gives some
the Packaging Forum, said many
New Zealanders really care about people places to take bags for
this issue and its harmful impact recycling. types of packaging were chosen
on our environment, especially the for a specific purpose. “packaging
A World Bank ranking of New
oceans. The message I’ve got is is actually there for a reason ... to
Zealand as the tenth worst nation
that it’s time for change. protect and preserve your food and
for creating urban waste per capita
groceries so without appropriate
UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s is nothing to be proud of. Another
announcement in January that report, commissioned by the New packaging we’d actually have a lot
her government would eradicate Zealand Waste Levy Action Group, more food going to waste.”
avoidable plastic waste by 2042 found that as a nation we discard
Listen to the discussion on:
sparked considerable media 15.5 million tonnes of waste each
bit.ly/RNZ-Outspoken
interest in New Zealand and several year and only recycle 28% of it.
requests for interviews. So did
After nine years of a hands-off RHEEMA RADIO
China’s decision to ban the import
of waste including types of plastic.
National government it’s time to HOW WE CAN RECYCLE
start taking the waste issue more
MORE OVER THE
Responding to the media seriously.
highlighted to me that New SUMMER
Significantly reducing waste going
Zealand’s story as a country is not Over the summer New Zealanders
to landfill by 2020 is a key goal of
a good one — though I acknowledge
the Green Party’s confidence and generate a whole lot more waste
the many voluntary efforts
supply agreement with Labour and — in fact 30 percent more. Mayes
underway.
is a priority for me as Associate talks to about how we can decrease
Companies like Progressive Environment Minister. the amount of stuff given to landfill
Enterprises, Foodstuffs, Mitre 10 this Christmas.
The Waste Minimisation Act 2008
and Z Energy are showing great
resulted from a Member’s Bill by bit.ly/Rhema-reducing-waste
leadership phasing out single use
Green MP Nandor Tanczos. It’s a
bags. The supermarkets’ initiatives
good Act but it hasn’t been used
will cut use of single-use plastic
to best effect. I am looking at how
bags by 75%.
the Act’s been implemented and problem better to understand the
will be ensuring that its tools are scale of the problem and target hot off
better used. action. Improving the information
We need to reduce waste, apply
on waste is basic to tackling the the press!
waste problem and being able to
the landfill levy to more landfills,
measure how well we are doing.
and look at container deposit and RADIO NZ
product stewardship schemes It will take a few months to review
KIWIS GENERATE
and other options to reduce waste what’s been happening and to pull
across the board. Plastic bags, together research and analyse 734KG OF WASTE EACH
which are used once and thrown what’s been done overseas before I PER YEAR.
away, need to be phased out. implement changes. NITA BLAKE-PERSON
The Waste Disposal Levy New Zealand has been a laggard
New Zealanders currently generate
Review that the Ministry for the in this space for years, but that’s
about 734kg of waste each per year
Environment did last year found not going to be the case under this
up by around 20% over the past
that we need to measure the Government.
three years. Associate Environment
Minister Eugenie Sage wants a
review into the Waste Minimisation
PERS PECT I VES ON PACK AGING Act, which was created in 2008
REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE to reduce the amount of harmful
waste created and disposed of in
New Zealand. Among the waste
The Packaging New Zealand currently sends off-
Forum welcomes shore for processing is soft plastics.
members that Soft plastic recycling scheme
produce reusable manager Lyn Mayes said the
amount of soft recycling in 2017 had
packaging.
risen to more than 350 tonnes, up
We’ve developed
from just over 100 tonnes in 2016.
our own Let’s
Put Litter in its FAIRFAX MEDIA
Place reusable NORTH AUCKLAND
shopping bags SHOPPERS ARE AMONG
and our partner
THE TOP IN THE CITY
Be a Tidy Kiwi
has created BATK reusable FOR HELPING TO
coffee cups. INCREASE AUCKLAND’S
In 2013, member Kai Carrier
SOFT PLASTIC
created reusable food pouches RECYCLING EFFORTS
and packaging as an innovative MADDIE HUGHES
alternative to single use packaging.
North Auckland shoppers are
Owner Kylie Matthews initially (and our shopping bags) can be
designed a reusable ‘suckie’ pouch among the top in the city for helping
recycled in our soft plastic recycling
and there are now eight pouches to increase Auckland’s soft plastic
scheme.
including sandwich bags, snack recycling efforts. Residents in the
packs, storage bags and even Glenfield, New Lynn, Birkenhead
Check out the full range at and Albany areas are in the top four,
pouches designed especially for
kaicarrier.co.nz. respectively, for producing the most
those who are tube fed. Kylie says
that Kai Carrier has prevented over As an exclusive offer for members soft plastic recycling. Lyn Mayes
12.2 million items of single use plastic enter the code PPRS at checkout to said expansion of the programme
and packaging ending up in landfill. receive 20% off your order. and residents realising what it was
At the end of their life, the pouches about had helped.
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projects & initiatives hot off
Advertising and promotions the press!
WHANGAMATA
THE BREEZE & MORE FM
COASTAL NEWS
SUMMER BEACH CLEAN UP
USER PAYS RECYCLING
In December we joined forces with The Breeze and More FM in Taruanga,
Following news about glass not
Queenstown Lakes and Rotorua with a community beach clean up.
being collected at commercial
Mark and Jolene from The Breeze Tauranga told listeners that in just two premises in Coromandel; Dominic
hours on a Saturday morning two weeks before Christmas volunteers Salmon, 3R, scheme manager
picked up 13.27 kilograms of rubbish which is around 500 pieces of rubbish. Glass Packaging Forum points out
that businesses having to pay for
their glass recycling is nothing
new. Nationally, commercial glass
recycling is a user-pays model.
Ministry for the
environment
Facebook
A STATE OF THE ART
RECYCLING FACILITY
IN LOWER HUTT THAT
TURNS PLASTIC WASTE
INTO FOOD-SAFE
PACKAGING - KIWI
INGENUITY!
Flight Plastics has just bought and
re-processed its first 1,000th tonne
LET’S PUT LITTER IN ITS PLACE of plastic waste. This is a step in
the right direction for Aotearoa to
The TV campaign featuring Lucy Lawless and Ian Mune
significantly reduce our volume
ran from 6 weeks from October 2017 and reached over
of imported plastic and take
1.15 million viewers with most people seeing the TVC when
responsibility for the waste we are
they were watching One News, Shortland Street, The
generating.
Chase or Home and Away. Lucy And Ian have been back
on TV1 and 2 in February reminding viewers “It’s just how The Ministry is proud to have
we do things around here”. supported Flight Plastics with $4
million of funding under the Waste
For examples of the campaign check out:
Minimisation Fund. Watch the video
facebook.com/JustHowWeDoThings/
to find out more this great circular
If you are one of the 1.2 million listeners to The Breeze around the country, economy opportunity!
you should have heard our radio adverts which ran over the summer.
bit.ly/Flight-video
We’re already working with our media partners on our 2018 campaign. bit.ly/MFE-FlightPlastics
Event Round-up
AROUND THE COUNTRY WAITANGI DAY
Over the summer, we have FESTIVALS
promoted the Let’s Put Litter in its MANUKAU & PORIRUA
Place campaign at events around
The Waitangi Day Festival of
the country including at Auckland
the Elements® is a partnership
Council’s Movies in Parks. and
between Porirua Community
helping to increase recycling and
Arts Council in alliance with
composting from events.
Ngāti Toa Rangatira. This year
COCA COLA was its 25th anniversary and the
Packaging Forum was delighted to
CHRISTMAS IN THE provide funding to support waste
PARK diversion and better environmental
AUCKLAND & CHRISTCHURCH outcomes.
Over 300,000 people enjoyed
fine weather and joined in the MUDTOPIA
Christmas Carols at the annual
ROTORUA
free concerts at the Auckland
Domain and Christchurch’s Hagley Whilst baking under the hot sun
Park. And it has also proved in mud isn’t everyone’s idea of
fun, the Mud Festival in Rotorua
to be the best ever recycling
delivered on its promise to provide
performance with 81% waste
an adventure land of muddy
diversion in Auckland managed by
madness, music and mayhem and
Clean Events. They also managed
100,000 litres of genuine Kiwi mud.
the process in Christchurch
Clean Events took on the clean up.
for the first time resulting in an
impressive 62% waste diversion
by Waste Management turning
round previous years of heavily
contaminated recycling. Jason
Gunn encouraged people from the
stage to use the Love NZ recycling
bins as well as playing the Let’s Put
Litter in its Place video clips.
investment in infrastructure SMART TECHNOLOGY
BINS
Sports and the environment We’ve installed 41 “smart” bins
to minimise overflow and reduce
collection costs in Marlborough,
WHANGAREI NETBALL Queenstown Lakes, Rotorua and
Tauranga and a further nine sets
CENTRE
to be installed around Wellington.
The Whangarei Netball Course is a These clever bins have eyefi
community hub with 68,500 visitors technology and they tell the
every year creating over four collector when they are getting
tonnes of waste which has gone to full and need to be emptied.
landfill. The netball club will be using This stops bins overflowing and
its players to help educate people reduces servicing costs. We’ve
about where to put the trash. also added signage in Te Reo Maori,
Mandarin, Japanese and Korean.
Each region selected the
combination of bins which suit
their recycling needs. Rotorua,
Wellington and Queenstown Lakes
have a blue glass recycling bin as
well as the yellow commingled
Last year we worked with Project
recycling bin.
Litefoot to put recycling and
rubbish stations into Hamilton Early results are really
Netball Centre. In the first month encouraging with three times
33kg was recycled. That’s a as much being collected as in
lot of drinks bottles, cans and standard bins and collectors
containers. saying that contamination levels
are less than 10%. We’ve got
The project is so successful, we’ve
cameras in the recycling bins too
agreed to fund five recycling
to monitor contamination.
stations at North Harbour Hockey, EDUCATION TREAD
North Shore Auckland and four LIGHTLY CARAVAN We’ll be using the experience from
sets of recycling stations at the pilot regions to make minor
We’ve been working with the Tread
Whangarei Netball Centre. adjustments to the design. If
Lightly Caravan for two years
you’re interested in being part of
Every week 10,000 people pass helping bring education about
our 2018 pilot, please get in touch.
through North Harbour Hockey recycling and litter into Auckland
centre which is home to the Schools. In 2017, the Tread Lightly
Black Sticks. The club has tried Caravan hosted 6651 students
recycling but had problems with from 19 schools and in 2018 it
too much contamination so has bookings for 9000 students
working with Project Litefoot and from 20 schools. The Public Place
Love NZ NHH will be creating an Recycling Scheme is delighted to
education programme around the continue our sponsorship of this
recycling and rubbish centres and programme which also brings
promoting our Let’s Put Litter in its soft plastic recycling into schools
Place campaign. supported by member Asaleo Care.
FUNDING PATHS BACK
TO THE FURNACE
The end of year and festive season
usually sees a slowdown for most
businesses, but this time of year
often highlights challenges with
glass recycling and this season
has been no different.
As such the primary aims of the
Glass Packaging Forum are to
improve the quality and quantity collection to address the issue onsite traffic congestion. It also
of glass back to the furnace at prior to the next contract round allows for alternative freight
O-I, find alternative uses for glass in 2019 and the GPF is providing options to be considered to get
and improve the profile of glass assistance to improve glass glass back to the furnace in
as a highly recyclable, circular recovery rates in the area. Auckland.
resource. As such the GPF ‘Flying In the meantime, a grant of just In Marlborough, a grant of $10,000
Squad’ continually work with over $10,000 from the Forum will as well as a $10,000 Public Place
councils, waste management see the installation of four public Recycling grant has helped fund
contractors and other businesses place bottle banks around the the placement of two 20m³ rural
and groups that deal with Wakatipu Ward. It estimates the community recycling containers
container glass to achieve this. bottle banks will divert between in two communities. They join a
One aspect of this work is the 1.5 and 4.5 tonnes of colour-sorted network of seven other containers
review of grant applications glass a week back to recycling. in the region, which collectively
for infrastructure, equipment, saw just over 200 tonnes of glass
Residents and tourists can be
research and education. This diverted from landfill last year.
confident that glass dispose of
quarter, Glass Packaging Forum through the GPF funded bottle The containers — located at in
has awarded three grants; one banks will be recycled. the Marlborough Sounds and
for public place bottle banks in Awatere Valley — provide a far
Green Sky Waste Solutions, which
Queenstown, another to Green more accessible recycling option
has had the kerbside recycling
Sky Waste Solutions in Hawke’s for residents and tourists and will
contract for the Napier and
Bay to increase their glass storage capture new glass for recycling.
Hastings councils since 2013, were
capacity, and a third will bring
able to increase the size of their
recycling closer to home for two
glass storage facility thanks to a
rural Marlborough communities.
grant of just under $17,000 from DO YOU HAVE A
The GPF scheme managers 3R the Forum. Green Sky have also BOTTLENECK?
Group have been working closely recently been awarded the Central
with the Queenstown Lakes If you want to improve outcomes
Hawke’s Bay kerbside and refuse
District Council (QLDC), which for glass in your region but are
transfer station contract, adding
faces particular issues with glass finding obstacles in the way, talk
pressure to their already strained
recycling. QLDC currently sends to us about how we can work
storage facility.
all kerbside collected glass to together to find a solution. GPF
The grant has allowed Green Sky scheme managers, 3R Group,
landfill due to contamination by
to more than double their concrete have an experienced team who
other waste.
bunker storage system. This has can work with you and other
The council is currently reviewing relieved this pressure as well as stakeholders to clear that
its kerbside glass recycling improved health and safety and bottleneck.
THE FORUM WOULD
The Breeze Auckland presenters LIKE TO WELCOME OUR
Jeannette Thomas and Robert Rakete
celebrate donation of Bench to
NEW MEMBERS
Wynyard Quarter.
soft plastic recycling
Coffee Supreme
Ecolean
Epic Dairy
Raglan Coconut Yoghurt
Sealed Air
Virbac NZ
public place recycling
Caspak
WHAT’S THE BEST
SIGNAGE TO
365 TONNES OF SOFT HOW ARE WE DOING? DELIVER ZERO
PLASTIC MATERIALS (91 • 477 tonnes of soft plastic WASTE EVENTS?
MILLION BAGS) COLLECTED materials collected since
Take a look at the latest
FOR RECYCLING IN 2017 December 2015
guidance prepared
The Scheme has been lodged • 365 tonnes collected in 2017
by WasteMINZ which
with MFE for accreditation under
• Current weekly collection provides clear and simple
the Waste Minimisation Act. The
= 12 tonnes per week signage for rubbish,
Packaging Forum has taken over
• 350+ stores now offer the recycling and food
the management of operations
at the request of REDCycle who service scraps.
want to focus on their Australian • Accessible to over 74% NZ bit.ly/EventRecyclingSignage
expansion. We continue to work ratepayers within 20km of
together on identifying end of life home or work
solutions for both markets.
More and more
The Breeze promotion to encourage member brands
consumers in Auckland resulted are putting our
in an uplift of around 21,000 bags soft plastics logo creating signage
for zero waste events
and wrappers over a two-week on their packs
promotion. The Breeze and The Clear and simple signage for rubbish, recycling and food scraps
can help minimise the rubbish generated by an event and reduce
Packaging Forum have donated a contamination.
New Zealand has nationally agreed colours for different waste types to help reduce
confusion for the public. Typically the body of a bin is a dark colour and the lid is
bench made from 15,000 bags at the coloured. The agreed colours are shown here.
PMS 032
RED
PMS 109
YELLOW
PMS 361
LIME GREEN
PMS 299
BLUE
Sustainable Coastlines Education
Centre in Wynyard Quarter.
RUBBISH RECYCLING FOOD SCRAPS & GLASS
COMPOSTABLE
PACKAGING
If your bins and lids are all black, or the Words
incorrect colour, then signage is key.
INTERESTED IN RECYCLING SOFT PLASTICS?
Label the bins with the name of the waste stream and
When it comes to event signage you have choose words that the public understands.
four main options to help people identify • The recommended wording is:
which items should go in which bins: • Rubbish
1. Words • Recycling
We are interested to hear from New Zealand recyclers who can 2. Words and symbols
3. Photos
• Food scraps
• Food scraps and compostable packaging
• Glass
take soft plastic materials which are a mix of polyethylene and
4. Actual objects
wasteminz.org.nz
polypropylene.
COFFEE
CORNER • Work with other stakeholders
to deliver a NZ compostable
mug with a lid — and consumers are
leading the way.
packaging standard initially for
coffee cups
• Assess collection systems
for compostable cups and
IN THE NEWS
“recyclable” cups
STUFF: CONFUSION SENDS
• Work with members on new
MILLIONS OF COMPOSTABLE
products and processes.
COFFEE CUPS TO LANDFILL
We have around 25 members of the
Madison Reidy interviews several
Packaging Forum that are involved DESIGN INNOVATION AND
PPRS members to discuss the
in or interested in compostable PROCESSING
Forum’s work on finding solutions
packaging. If you aren’t involved in
for coffee cups. The Packaging CupCycling™ by James Cropper
our working group, get in touch with
Forum estimates that 295 million claims to be the world’s first
project leader Kim Renshaw
cups hit landfills each year – recycling process dedicated to
kim@beyondthebin.org.nz
compostable cups included. upcycling take-away cups. Working
11 commercial composting We are offering BATK reusable with Veolia waste management,
sites can accept compostable cups at a special price of $15 the company working with Simply
coffee cups. Lyn Mayes said the plus postage for our readers. Cups has established cup collection
Forum plans a certified logo Go to beatidykiwi.nz and mention stations within high street
to identity compostable cups PFmarch when you order. restaurants and retailers such as
and to find better ways for Costa, McDonalds and Selfridges.
industry to collect compostable The cups are delivered to the mill in
cups and dispose of them. Kendall and the polyethylene lining
bit.ly/CCCtoLandfill and paper are separated before the
paper fibre is rescued and turned
IDEALOG: NEW ZEALAND’S
into fine papers. The cups are
GREAT DISPOSABLE COFFEE
transformed into luxurious papers
CUP CONUNDRUM
such as the iconic yellow Selfridges
Andy Kenworthy talks to coffee bags. For example, each sheet of
cup manufacturers about a 380gsm Extract paper contains five
burning issue: Conventional AND AROUND THE used coffee cups.
disposable coffee cups can’t be WORLD UK bit.ly/JamesCropper
recycled in New Zealand and cause
CHEAPER COFFEE IF YOU BRING AND IN AUSTRALIA
tonnes of waste. New options
YOUR OWN CUP
are coming through, but how do Simply Cups is rolling out collection
we handle the transition? Today, In the UK Sandwich chain Pret a facilities and stockpiling cups
according to research from Manger offers customers a 50p pending the completion of the 1st
Canstar Blue, New Zealand has discount off their hot drinks if they small scale prototype facility for
the 15th-highest per capita coffee bring their own cups; at Starbucks processing cups in the first half
consumption rate in the world. and Costa Coffee, it’s 25p; at Leon of 2018. If you sign up for a cup
bit.ly/idealog-CCC it’s 30p and at Greggs, 20p. Caffe collection from your workplace,
Nero customers with a reuseable staff will be asked to ‘FLIP-TIP-
IDENTIFICATION, mug earn double loyalty card SLIP’ - ‘Flip’ the plastic lid into the
INNOVATION AND stamps, which equates to a 22p recycling bin, ‘Tip’ out any coffee
INVESTMENT saving per cup for a regular latte. remnants and ‘Slip’ the coffee cup
The Public Place Recycling It certainly looks as if 2018 is set into a collection tube.
Scheme’s coffee cup project is to become the year we finally cut
simplycups.com.au
working towards its 2018 targets: back on single-use cups and invest
in a reusable one — essentially a
around the world
IN EUROPE IN ASIA IN AUSTRALIA
Plastic Planet campaign Chinese National Sword NSW Container Deposit
to get more plastic Policy slashes recycling Scheme is logistically
recycling in UK The effect has been felt throughout
difficult.
Called Plastic Planet to the supply chain in Australia but ABC News report that NSW
demonstrate the sheer volume of also in the USA, Canada, Asia and government promised 500
plastic in the environment; Recycle Europe. The stricter controls in, collection points but there are
Now will call upon consumers to and restricted numbers of, import only about 400 across the state.
close the ‘plastic gap’ which sees licences to Chinese paper and Government says more will be
only 58% of plastic bottles currently plastic re-processors has seen the installed this year. People have told
recycled in the UK, despite 99% of global price for recycled paper and the reporter they are stockpiling
local authorities collecting bottles plastic plummet. their bottles until they have enough
at kerbside and increased public to justify a trip to the collection
To put that in context for councils,
appetite to generally recycle more. point. “A boot full of 1.25 litre soda
50-60% of all recycling tonnes from
This is part of a broader initiative to bottles earned me $12, it took 30
Australian households is paper and
address plastic waste: minutes for the round trip to the bin
cardboard. 6% is plastic. Along with
and back, not a good use of time,”
The programme will aim to: aluminium (1%) these are usually the
one person said. Another said it was
• Eliminate unnecessary and highest revenue streams for a MRF
an effort to get rid of the bottles
problematic single-use plastic operator. A dramatic fall in sales
but a good job for children’s pocket
packaging revenue at the back gate of the MRF
money.
leaves the operator needing higher
• Make sure all plastic packaging
front gate revenue (the gate fee bit.ly/CDS-costly
is reusable, recyclable or
waste generators such as councils
compostable
pay) to cover the loss.
• Significantly increase the
collection and recycling of The household recycling industry is
plastic packaging in all sorts of trouble. 2018 is going
to be a troubled year for most MRFs
• Increase recycled content
and therefore their council clients.
in plastic packaging to drive
demand for recycled material bit.ly/MRFs-and-Councils
• Impassion and enable citizens to Author: Mike Ritchie, MRA
play their part in reducing plastic Consulting Group
packaging waste and litter writing for The
Tipping Point
But it’s not going to be easy given
the impact of the Chinese National
Sword Policy...
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