Category: Waste & Waste Management
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France and UK Biggest Polluters in Malaysian Waste Scandal
The worse countries, in order of gravity, are France, UK, Canada and US.
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The Complicated Journey of Composting in the US
In the summer of 2016, Sweetgreen executive Kevin Quandt got a confidential tip about something rotten that was going on…
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Viability of Bioplastics Made From Urban Biowaste
In a circular economy, city waste being turned into resources is of great importance, considering that more than 70% of…
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Food Waste as Raw Material for 3D Printed Bioplastics
Extracts of lemon and almond peels can be used for sustainably produced car parts and building components.
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Plastic Waste Becoming Main Issue in Japan
At a mid-December meeting of the United Nations World Tourism Organization and UNESCO, Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa spoke with pride…
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First National Plastics Summit in Australia
Environment minister Sussan Ley says consultation with states and industry will look at ‘innovative’ ways for dealing with the issue.
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Mandatory Composting in Vermont USA
If you don’t have that compost bucket in your kitchen yet, you better get one by this summer.
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Mandatory Brown Bin For Biowaste in Ireland
Government plans include levy for cigarette butt clean-up and pledge on fast fashion.
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UK Waste Company Fined for Sending Biodegradable Waste to Landfill
Waste management firm Amey has been fined £500,000 by Cambridgeshire County Council for sending too much of the region’s biodegradable…
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Packaging Should be Included in Biowaste Definition Says TIPA CEO
We need to include compostable packaging in the definition of biowaste. Consumer awareness and concern about mounting waste and its…
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Changes in the Collection of Biodegradable Waste in India
From New Year, the Salem Corporation is planning to strictly implement norms under the Solid Waste Management Rules and collect…
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Fruit Peels Do not Biodegrade Like You Think
Picture this: you’re on a hike somewhere, you’re about halfway up the mountain, and you realize you’re ready to stop…
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New Zealand Chicken Producer Offers Free Return Composting Service
A New Zealand commercial organic chicken producer is taking the management of its packaging a step further, offering a free…
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Biotech Breakthrough Turns Waste Biomass Into High Value Chemicals
A move towards a more sustainable bio-based economy has been given a new boost by researchers who have been able…
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Shell Goes Chemical Recycling
Plastics offer vital benefits to society. Shell has seen how unmanaged plastic waste has become a serious issue. We want…
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Labour Wants Producers to Pay for Recycling and Disposal
The Labour Party has vowed to end the export of plastic waste and invest in a “new plastics remanufacturing industry”,…
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VEnvirotech Transforms Organic Waste into Bioplastics
After a year of testing out environmental technologies for a private company, co-founder Patricia Ayma developed a process for bioplastic…
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Belgium Starts Discussion on Waste Management
The Walloon region (Belgium-FR) has started discussion on biomass waste. The meeting took place on October 16.
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World is Changing Habits on Plastic According to Attenborough
The world is beginning to tackle the threat of plastic waste, according to the renowned broadcaster Sir David Attenborough.
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Scotland Delays Ban on Biodegradable Waste Going to Landfill
One the Scottish Government’s flagship climate change commitments of imposing a ban on biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) going to landfill…
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First Coffee Cup Recycling Scheme in Wales
Swansea residents and visitors will see orange bins pop up across the city as the first coffee-cup recycling scheme in…
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European Bioplastics Demands Complete Implementation of New German Packaging Law
Bioplastics are a key driver for new developments in the plastic industry. The innovative materials play a key role in…
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New Awareness Campaign for Separate Collection of BioWaste in France
The purpose of this campaign is to make separate collection of biowaste a topic during the next French local council…
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Indian Student Develops Bioplastic From Potato Waste
Mohali: Amid the dire need to come up with a substitute for single-use plastic products, a BTech student of Chitkara…
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Canadian Government Asked to Create a Plan for Single-Use Plastics Management
Retail Council of Canada have called for the Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks to create a conclusive plan for…
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Are Ships the Source of Plastic Waste in the Oceans?
New research suggests we might be thinking about the ocean plastic problem all wrong — trash dumped from ships could…
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Confusion over Compostability of Cartons and SUP Directive on Coated Cartonboard
Manufacturers in the carton industry are concerned that confusion remains over the compostability of cartons, MOSH (Mineral Oil Saturated Hydrocarbons)…
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Australian Retailer Moves To Eliminate All Waste Going to Landfill
The brand is trialling a zero waste strategy in an effort to become Australia’s most sustainable supermarket.
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India Divided on How to Deal with Biodegradable Waste
While Kochi Corporation and the municipalities of Thripunithura, Thrikkakara, Angamaly, Aluva and Kalamassery continue to transport waste to the dumping…
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Bioplastics From Waste Fats
Using bacteria to replace plastics derived from fossil oil. 450 million tons of plastic are produced globally each year. PHAs…
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Lighting Made From Tobacco, Hemp and Brewing Waste
High Society Studio is based in South-Tyrol, Italy, with a focus on creating plant-based lighting by upcycling waste products such…
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Scotland Plan To Send Biodegradable Waste to Swedish Incinerator Creates Scandal
A row has erupted over a council’s plans to ship biodegradable waste from Scotland to a Swedish incinerator.
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Indonesia Sends Back Plastic Waste to New Zealand, US, UK, Belgium and Spain
Indonesia has vowed to send back contaminated plastic waste – in a move some say exposes New Zealand’s “dirty secret”…
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European Bioplastics Believes FEAD is Anti-Bioplastics
FEAD Position Ignores Role of Compostable Plastics in Achieving Circular Economy.
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iPhone Inventor Thinks Dow CEO is a Liar
Nest Founder Says Plastic Apologists Are ‘Lying’. Tony Fadell, iPod inventor, iPhone co-inventor is on a warpath against plastics.
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DOW CEO Has the Solution to The Plastic Crisis
‘The Most Environmentally Friendly Material Out There’: Dow CEO Has a Counter-Argument to the Plastic Backlash.
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Virginia To Test A System That Turns Household Waste into Bioplastics
Waste management authority pilots a program using UBQ Materials’ technology, which takes a wide variety of household waste and turns…
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Lignin From Agro-Waste Helps Make Useful Nanocomposites
Lignin is a complex organic polymer rich in polyphenols with antimicrobial qualities.
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Scotland Food Waste Causing More Greenhouse Gas Than Plastic
Food waste is a bigger cause of climate change than plastics, according to Zero Waste Scotland.
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Poland Invent New Method To Convert Food Waste into Bioplastics
At the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, researchers led by Prof. Juan Carlos Colmenares have…
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National Geographic Discovers New Form of Plastic Pollution
Pieces of plastic that are gray, round, and resembling rocks and pebbles are hiding in plain sight on the beaches…
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Microplastics Found in 90 Percent of Colorado Rainwater Samples
Microplastics are microscopic pieces of plastic that are making their way into everything from drinking water to marine life, and…
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Coca-Cola is Against Reusable Cups
An email sent by Coca-Cola to the Belgian Government was leaked in the press. Coca-Cola seems to be against using…
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Which is Better for the Environment: Compostable Bioplastics or PET?
There are numerous options in food packaging materials, and many major food packagers and retailers often make a choice based…
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Asian Countries Are Sending Back The Waste of Wealthy Countries
Several Southeast Asian countries, sick of being the wealthy world’s rubbish dump, have in recent weeks turned back container-loads of…
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How To Increase Composting in Australia
With all the recent discussion about plastic exports, it’s easy to forget that organics remains our single largest recycling opportunity,…
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Turning Agro Waste Into Bioplastics
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Italy’s port city of Genoa is making bioplastics from agro-waste. The institute has tied up…
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New Zealand Mayor Clashes With Cosmetic Company Sephora Over Waste Disposal
Matthew Tukaki, Executive Director of the Council and Chair of the Auckland District Council has called on Sephora to answer…
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Cambodia Sends Plastic Waste Back to U.S. and Canada
Scores of plastic waste shipments have been arriving in Southeast Asia from Western countries, and now the Asian nations are…
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Cigarette Butts and Not Plastic Straws Are Largest Human Caused Pollutant
The plastic straw has been at the forefront of conversations about damaging man-made waste but cigarette butts have turned out…
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Committee on Climate Change Asks Ban on Biodegradable Waste to Landfill
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) says the UK should bring forward a ban on biodegradable waste to landfill to…
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New Zealand Turns Food Waste Into Bioplastics
An ingenious new solution being engineered at the University of Canterbury (UC) aims to turn food waste into valuable chemical…
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Japan’s Visionary Leadership and the Osaka Blue Ocean Vision
The Honourable Prime Minister of Japan, Mr. Shinzo Abe, showed clear leadership and determination to solve the plastic waste problem…
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Japan Fights Waste Ahead of G-20 summit
Japan has a plastic problem. In a country where cleanliness and neat packaging have long been considered good service, almost…
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New Plastics Pact in Belgium
The Belgian Food Industry Federation (Fevia) published 6 targets regarding plastic packaging. Although, they didn’t call it as such, it’…
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Italian Embassy Does Marketing Campaign With Novamont
Six months into its latest UK diplomatic mission, the Italian Embassy in London has reduced the amount of waste it…
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Initiatives To Monetise Plastic Waste
Plastic Bank and 3R Initiative are industry led initiatives aimed at reducing plastic waste by increasing value of plastic waste.
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BBC Unveils The Criminal Practices of Recycling in Malaysia
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall finds UK plastic waste abandoned in Malaysia For his series War on Plastic.
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Philipinnes To Return Garbage that Came from Australia
Australia’s garbage will be the next to be shipped out of the Philippines.
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Australian Firm Gets Oxo-Biodegradable Trademark
A small Australian company has received approval for the nation’s first certified trademark for oxo-biodegradable plastic products.
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Can Plastic Be Biodegradable? New Study Suggests the Jury is Out
Anyone with an interest in green, eco-conscious living knows that plastic has become a major environmental concern in recent years.
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Compostable Food Packaging may Contaminate Compost
US research flags presence of potentially hazardous substances leaching from takeaway containers. Andrew Masterson reports. Additives used to make allegedly…
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Malaysia Returns 3000 Tonnes of Plastic Waste
Malaysia has said it will send back 3,000 tonnes of non-recyclable plastic waste to countries including the UK, America, Australia…
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Australia and the International Waste Management Fraud
Australia is in the middle of a media storm regarding their waste export.
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Is The Recycling Industry on the Verge of Collapsing?
The Southeast Asian region has seen a spike in imports of mainly plastic waste after China last year stopped plastic…
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Stanford Experts Discuss Challenges and Opportunities in Disposing of Waste
Recycling is becoming harder and more expensive in the U.S. and policymakers are increasingly seeking solutions to mounting trash. Stanford…
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Row Blows up over Disposal of Bioplastic Bags in West Sussex
A row has blown up over the disposal of ‘compostable’ bioplastic bags in West Sussex following concerns raised by a…
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DuPont Teijin Films Makes Progress in Chemical Recycling
DuPont Teijin Films has announced the launch of its new LuxCR depolymerisation process which upcycles post-consumer waste.
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New Consortium Will Convert Biomass Waste into Furfural
Biorizon is setting up a consortium around the conversion of biomass waste into furfural. We’re looking for waste streams, such…
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Using Camel Cricket Bacteria to Degrade Plastic
A micro-organism discovered in greenhouse camel crickets can degrade lignin from wood, say researchers in the US. The new finding,…
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What is the Difference Between Biodegradable, Compostable and OXO Biodegradable?
Let’s look at the Difference Between Biodegradable, Compostable and OXO Degradable plastics.
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Technology Turns Wastewater Algae into Biofuels and Bioplastics
Startup receives support from two environmental accelerator programs
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Reducing Animal Waste and Bioplastic Skin
Following the trends of last year—when she presented a series of clothing and furniture made of horse hides designer Valdís…
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Starting Small: Why bioplastic straws could be a little shift in a big new direction
In 2015, a German marine biologist filmed a distressed sea turtle as it yawned and hissed while, off-screen, a small…
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US Company Revolutionise the Recycling of Bioplastics
Los Angeles startup sees possibility of mechanical recycling of PLA
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How to Recycle Biodegradable Coffee Cups?
Just 0.25 % of the 2.5 billion cups disposed of annually in the UK are recycled.
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Spain Invents Bioplastics From Horticultural Waste
Researchers of The Circular Lab have developed a new bioplastic that is compostable, recyclable and biodegradable at sea.
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Bacteria Converts Wastewater into Bioplastics
Domestic and industrial wastewater contains substrates and nutrients that could be used to produce biofuels and bioplastics.
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Canadian Student Transforms Food Waste into Bioplastics
University of Toronto Student Luna Yu converts food waste into PHA.
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Operation Ocean Clean Up Has Started
System 001 was invented by dutchman Boyan Slat and launched this weekend to remove between 40.000 and 80.000 tons of plastics…
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Australian Institute of Packaging Teaches Sustainable Packaging Design
The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) will give a sustainable packaging design course covering bioplastics.
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France Issues its Plastic Policy
French Government has issued its action plan and objectives to tackle the plastic problem. We quote: France is declaring war…
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Australia Will Convert Plastic Waste into Fuel
Australia has just opened a new waste conversion plant in Sydney that will convert landfill into fuel.
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The Future of Expanded Polystyrene
Let’s have a look at the past and future of Polystyrene
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Is using Recycled Plastics in Textiles Good?
Both newspapers published an article regarding towels made from recycled plastics. Their perspective was different and it brings up an…
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The Plastic Recycling Fairy Tale
Here’s a summary of plastic recycling and the Chinese Recycling Scandal
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Scientists Find Way to Break Down Biomass 30 Times faster
Scientists from Imperial College London have found a method to accelerate the process of breaking down biomass by 30 times.
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Greenpeace finds Microplastics in the Antarctic
A Greenpeace Report reveals traces of microplastics in the Antarctic.
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Belgian Plastic Waste Plan is Weak
The Flemish Government (Flemish dutch speaking region) asked the packaging industry to come up with a plan to reduce the…
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Canada Aims at Zero Plastic Waste
The Canadian plastics industry aims to make all plastic packaging recyclable or “recoverable” by 2030, and actually entirely diverted from landfills…
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A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy
The European Commission is supposed to discuss the future of plastics in Europe today and is expected to adopt a…
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The Plastic Circus Was in Town
Apparently an international event took place in Malta last week with Politicians, Industry, Media, NGO’s, Science and Academia. The cocktails…
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Hong Kong, Plastic and Solving the Plastic Waste Problem
Hong Kong, it’s relationship to plastic and some insight on how to solve the plastic waste problem.
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Theresa May at War with Plastics
Theresa May, UK’s Prime Minister, wants to ban single use plastic products to reduce ocean pollution and the plastic waste…
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Separate Recycling Streams for Biodegradable Plastics – A Hot Waste Legislation Topic in Europe
The Association of Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) recently called for greater investments to be made for the implementation of separate…
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PEF Integrated in EU PET recycling
This is big news coming from Synvina (the JV between Avantium and BASF) as the European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP)…
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We had Waste-to-Fuel. Now, we have Waste-to- Film
You’d heard about Waste-to-Fuel. This is a good example of the circular economy: beer spent grain fibers are used as a biodegradable…
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Turning Vegetable Waste Into Bioplastics
Italian team find new ways of converting vegetable waste into bioplastics. Italian researchers from the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) have found a…
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Australian Bioplastic Waste Management in China
Cardia Bioplastics selected to supply bioplastic waste management bins & kitchen waste bags to China Nanjing Jianye District.
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