Since China stopped accepting Australia’s recyclable plastic, the majority of exported plastic waste is now going to developing nations in South East Asia.
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There are lots of issues with recycling – but it’s still an important part of society’s efforts to live more sustainably.
Cleaning up plastic pollution in the ocean is good – and long overdue. But where will the waste go? Recycling isn’t always an option. Bacteria and enzymes could process it, raising new questions.
Truly green plastic requires more than sustainable raw materials.
Magnets, air blowers, centrifuges, crushers: your recyclables go through a lot before they get turned into something else.
Tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean each year, but a switch away from petroleum-based products to bio-derived and degradable composites could lessen marine pollution.
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Ending Plastic Waste Mission Director, CSIRO
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