{"id":1882,"date":"2024-08-27T06:46:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T10:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=1882"},"modified":"2024-08-27T06:46:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T10:46:02","slug":"australian-government-invests-in-soft-plastics-recycling-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=1882","title":{"rendered":"Australian Government invests in soft plastics recycling technology \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Australian Government has announced a A$15.6m ($10.5m) investment to enhance soft plastics recycling in Victoria.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The investment is intended to divert more than 43,000 tonnes (t) of soft plastics from landfills annually.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

This initiative is part of the new Recycling Modernisation Fund Plastics Technology stream, a collaborative effort with the Victorian Government to address the recycling of hard-to-process plastics.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pro-Pac Group is set to receive more than A$6m to boost its facility\u2019s capacity to transform recycled feedstock into soft plastic with 30% recycled content, producing up to 11,000t of Australian soft plastic packaging each year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

This expansion is expected to create 14 direct jobs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Similarly, Naula has been granted more than A$5m for advanced sorting and processing technology, which will handle up to 32,000t of soft and mixed plastics annually.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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