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Davriellelouna @lemmy.world

1d ago

Australia’s amount of plastic waste surges as recycling rates fail to improve

www.theguardian.com

Australia’s amount of plastic waste surges as recycling rates fail to improve

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Davriellelouna @lemmy.world

1d ago

Australia’s amount of plastic waste surges as recycling rates fail to improve

www.theguardian.com /environment/2025/aug/24/australias-amount-of-plastic-waste-surges-as-recycling-rates-fail-to-improve

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Just stop producing non biodegradable shit
- This is the answer, plastic recycling has always been a scam. Waxed paper, cardboard, glass, anything else.
  
  Pretty of completely biodegradable materials available now too that feel like plastic
The largest source was due to product packaging, responsible for about 1m tonnes of new plastic each year. Other large plastic users included the built environment (18%), electrical (9%) and clothing (8%).
True for me, duno what else you can do, chips, biscuits, cheese etc all come wrapped in plastic
- I was kinda shocked to see that TimTams still came wrapped in plastic. Even here in Germany most bigger manufacturers of biscuits have switched to alternative materials and cardboard trays
- Until a viable alternative is introduced to replace the defunct RedCycle program - best we can do is try to try to minimise - ie. only get the biggest bags of products (or try and make your own at home), or whenever possible get the ones in hard clamshells.
  But yes, it’s depressing to see just how much plastic waste we produce currently - especially knowing what we know now about microplastics - compared to the 90s and earlier.

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