The NSW Govt has dropped mandatory reusable cup schemes and requirements to offer dine-in mugs or glasses, drawing criticism from three environment groups days after Parliament passed the reforms.
Visy has produced the first glass bottles at its new recycling and manufacturing facility in Yatala, Queensland, where annual capacity is expected to reach up to 1bn bottles and jars once fully operational.
Pact Group and Aldi are scaling up recycled packaging in Australia, with more than 19 million laundry and cleaning bottles annually to contain up to 50% Australian recycled plastic.
