Showcasing at CES 2026, Soft Plastic Compactor by Clear Drop is designed to prepare soft plastics for recycling the moment they are discarded.
A large-scale soft plastics recycling facility at Taree is processing most of Australia's recycled soft plastics and stockpiled waste from the failed REDcycle scheme. Processed soft plastic is sent to ...
The Clear Drop soft plastics compactor next to a pile of the bricks it produces. (Amy Skorheim for Engadget) Even if you bring home as few bags as possible — using reusable bags, carrying purchases ...
The material can be tempered into different shapes — like steel in the hands of a blacksmith — and could someday transform space travel, recycling and more. By Katrina Miller With restrictions on ...
After the collapse of soft plastic recycling program REDcycle nearly three years ago, it's been almost impossible for individuals to recycle soft plastics in Australia. But supermarkets and councils ...
Imagine the weight of three Sydney Harbour Bridges. Between 2022 and 2023, product manufacturers were responsible for 540,000 tonnes (or three Sydney Harbour Bridges) of soft plastic packaging in ...
Australia's antitrust regulator, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, has proposed granting the nation's three major supermarket chains a year to resolve post-consumer soft plastic ...