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2y ago

Victorian charges against operators of failed REDcycle recycling scheme dropped

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Victorian charges against operators of failed REDcycle recycling scheme dropped

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2y ago

Victorian charges against operators of failed REDcycle recycling scheme dropped

www.theguardian.com /australia-news/2023/jul/27/redcycle-recycling-scheme-charges-dropped-epa-rg-programs

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Disappointing since the whole thing was a scam from the word go. They never had any ability to recycle soft plastics in commercial quantities.
The level of damage this collapse has done to confidence in the recycling system is enormous.
The government needed to do something to show that the work people took to separate their waste wasn’t in vain.
But this is an unambiguous federal government and the task has been left to the private sector to do a job it clearly doesn’t want to do.
Here’s hoping the restrictions on single use plastic actually see the light of day.
- The level of damage this collapse has done to confidence in the recycling system is enormous.
  Yeah, I was pretty amazed at the wide range of people who all had faith in Redcycle - including people who were otherwise hardcore no single use plastic types who bought as much as they could at bulk grocery stores. It feels like a once in a generation opportunity has been lost.
  But at the same time idk that recycling the soft plastics was the best approach, it's like it gave everyone leeway to consume more than they would've otherwise. It should always start with reducing
  
  Agreed. Recycling put the responsibility on the consumer rather than the company’s producing single use plastics in the first place.