Licella has proposed a recycling facility in Altona that aims to turn soft plastic back into food-safe wrappers by liquifying it back into oil
The supermarket drop-off bins were one of the few options available to consumers who wanted to recycle the plastic food wrappers, bubble wrap and cling film that tends to dominate the products we buy.Soft plastic is frequently contaminated with food and often made from different types of material, so it’s difficult to recycle and new uses are limited.
Licella, through its subsidiary Advanced Recycling Victoria, has applied to the Environment Protection Authority for a licence to operate the facility with a capacity to recycle 20,000 tonnes of plastic each year. “You can make brand-new plastics – polyethylene, polypropylene, whatever you like – because we’re turning the plastic back to the constituent chemicals,” he said.
tom_cowie 2 largest supermarkets have been sneakily warehousing used bags instead of recycling them, if there is a solution clearly it is not cost effective. Just stop manufacturing them.
tom_cowie This should be front page
tom_cowie Interesting article, thanks.