Australians produced 3.2m tonnes of plastic waste in 2023-24, up from 3m tonnes the previous year
    • Joshi@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      2 days ago

      This is the answer, plastic recycling has always been a scam. Waxed paper, cardboard, glass, anything else.

  • ikt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    The largest source was due to product packaging, responsible for about 1m tonnes of new plastic each year. Other large plastic users included the built environment (18%), electrical (9%) and clothing (8%).

    True for me, duno what else you can do, chips, biscuits, cheese etc all come wrapped in plastic

    • FireWire400@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      17 hours ago

      I was kinda shocked to see that TimTams still came wrapped in plastic. Even here in Germany most bigger manufacturers of biscuits have switched to alternative materials and cardboard trays

    • beeng@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      20 hours ago

      Chips, biscuits are hardly food, they’re crap.

      Cheese you can buy from the Deli counter if you don’t want plastic wrapped.

    • thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Until a viable alternative is introduced to replace the defunct RedCycle program - best we can do is try to try to minimise - ie. only get the biggest bags of products (or try and make your own at home), or whenever possible get the ones in hard clamshells.

      But yes, it’s depressing to see just how much plastic waste we produce currently - especially knowing what we know now about microplastics - compared to the 90s and earlier.