She said the aims of the pact overlapped with Australia's existing 2025 National Packaging Targets set up by APCO in 2018, which would help the industry meet its aims.
The researcher said it was also important to ensure that a good system was established to ensure that there was a market for recycled plastic once products are collected. They got involved in an organisation called Beach Patrol that was started in 2010. It is made up of a network of volunteers in communities across Melbourne who take responsibility for cleaning up beaches, parks and other public spaces.
"Beach Patrol has given them the opportunity to come out for one hour a month and pick up some plastic off a beach or a street or a park, put it in the bin or recycle it. He said volunteers were constantly picking up items, including bottle tops, drinking cups, plastic film and balloons, but they had noticed a decline in the number of plastic straws over the past couple of years.
"It's only four years away and even if the industry was really excited, it's just not enough time for them to revamp their whole production process so machines can make things out of a different material and produce them in a different way," he said.
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The industry has had an earlier packaging covenant in place for over 10 years now, but it was driven by self-interest & conflicts of interest and achieved very little. Companies just hide behind these schemes as a justification for not doing enough.
The 2025 industry targets were established in 2018. Can’t remember seeing anything about them in the War on Waste TV programs. Is the ABC catching up finally?
And consumers will pay for it... Companies will profit further.
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