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3 Sep 2025

Associate Professor Louise Grimmer: Soft Plastics – Recycling or Rethinking?

Consumer Affairs, Environment

Associate Professor Louise Grimmer: Soft Plastics – Recycling or Rethinking?

Australians use the equivalent of three Sydney Harbour Bridges worth of soft plastics each year, with most ending up as waste. Associate Professor Louise Grimmer unpacks the proposed new supermarket recycling scheme and explains why reducing packaging altogether may be the smarter path forward.

Guest: Associate Professor Louise Grimmer, University of Tasmania

Presenter: Latham Smith

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