Plastics Recycling Machinery

Australian industry taking green steps

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (June 28, 11:40 a.m.) — While Australia has begun a long journey toward upping its use of biodegradable plastics and introducing more environmentally friendly manufacturing processes, there is much to be done to alter consumer perceptions of plastics, industry bodies say. 

A national plastics recycling survey shows a rise of only 2.2 percent in the volume of plastics recycled in Australia since the previous survey, about a year ago.

The Melbourne-based Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association commissioned independent, multinational research group Hyder Consulting plc to conduct its 10th survey. London-based Hyder gathered data for the 2009-10 financial year on consumption, recovery, reprocessing and applications for used plastics in Australia. Previous surveys gathered data on a calendar-year basis.

In 2009-10, Australia recovered 635.4 million pounds of plastics, or 13.6 million pounds more than the previous year and 266 million pounds more plastic than a decade ago. Of the 2009-10 total, about 52 percent was reprocessed at 73 sites in Australia, with the rest exported overseas.

Of the total plastics recycled, packaging made up 434 million pounds, a 3.5 percent decline from 2008; but there was an increase in low density polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene and expandable PS packaging, which together accounted for 28.8 percent of total packaging recycled.

In 2000, when data first began to be collected, plastics consumption was 3.37 billion pounds. The latest survey recorded consumption at just 3.31 billion pounds, which PACIA CEO Margaret Donnan attributed partly to better design and lightweighting.

She also cited better consumer education, col- lection systems that take a wider range of plastics from a growing number of locations, recycling investments and market development.

“Ten years of robust data demonstrates strong positive results and highlights commitment and action by industry, governments and the community to work together to improve the recovery of plastics for a second life,” she said.

While keen to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the plastics industry worries that its competitive advantages could be eroded if the Australian government implements its proposed fixed price on carbon, followed by a move to a full emissions trading system in several years.

PACIA President Ross McCann told an industry meeting that the trade group has “long supported action to address the challenge of climate change.

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