Federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek. Source: The Guardian
Federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek has put major supermarkets, plastics manufacturers and the tyre industry on notice that she will not hesitate to regulate over the top of them if tangible progress is not quickly made to improve recycling rates following the collapse of REDcycle.
In a speech to industry stakeholders on Friday, Plibersek said consumers who had trudged their soft plastics to supermarkets for recycling “have every right to feel cheated” after the high-profile recycler imploding.
“The collapse of REDcycle soft plastics collections came as a great shock to everyone, including to me as minister,” Plibersek said. “It’s left people feeling upset, disillusioned, even betrayed.
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