Australia’s soft-plastics recycling scheme has come to a halt with implications for a Ballarat manufacturer.
Instead of recycling the plastic, Melbourne based REDcycle has been stockpiling it due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’.
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Replas, who are head quartered at Canadian, make products from the waste including bollards and street furniture.
The company says soft plastics cannot be left directly with them.
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There’s no word yet on when the pause on recycling will resume.
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