The Federal Government is anticipating other commitments from businesses and groupsThe goal of the first National Plastics Summit, to be held in Parliament House on Monday, is to create solutions to the growing pile of recyclable materials.
Most of the nation's recyclables have traditionally been sent overseas but countries like China and Indonesia are no longer importing as much waste, leading toBusinesses, experts, government leaders and school children will be putting their heads together to try to find solutions.Food company Nestle will reveal its plan to save plastics from making its way to landfill.
The company's head of corporate and external relations Margaret Stuart said Nestle was working on a trial to collect soft plastics from people's kerbside.
I want nestles to tackle the pronunciation of their name - it was ness-ulls when I was a kid, then they decided the accent was important again and we all had to say ness-lays
But will they stop with the plastic promotional toys and “collectables”?