Australian Packaging Industry Hit With Waste-Busting Rules

Australian Packaging Industry Hit With Waste-Busting Rules
Recycled plastic bottles at the Northern Adelaide Waste Management Authority's recycling site in Edinburgh, near Adelaide, on April 17, 2019. Brenton Edwards/AFP via Getty Images
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Australia’s packaging industry will be forced to clean up its act under mandatory waste-busting regulations that will also deal with harmful chemicals used to contain food.

It’s been known for some time that the industry would face regulation, after it failed to meet the voluntary targets to cut landfill by ramping up the recovery and reuse of used packaging.