Local processing of soft plastic starts

For the first time, soft plastic collected for recycling is being processed in New Zealand, and turned into fence posts and ducting for cables. Earlier this year, soft plastic such as bread bags, chip packets and confectionery wrappers was being stockpiled here, as the Australian plant which had been contracted to recycle it, refused to take any more. Lyn Mayes from the Soft Plastic Recycling Scheme, run by the Packaging Forum, says there are now local processors. She says the packaging industry is trying to find alternatives to plastic.

Local processing of soft plastic starts
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