Posts Tagged: REDcycle

REDcycle racks up more than $5m in debt

Documents filed in the liquidation of REDcycle showed that the company owed $411,000 in unpaid taxes and more than $62,000 in entitlements to former employees

19 April, 2023

Soft Plastics Taskforce’s roadmap for industry-led recycling scheme

The Soft Plastics Taskforce, comprised of major supermarkets, has announced its plans for the model of soft packaging recycling in Australia

14 March, 2023

Supermarkets step up to manage soft plastic waste as REDcycle winds up

Following a Soft Plastics Taskforce meeting, the supermarkets extended the offer to REDcycle to help prevent soft plastics deposited by customers being unnecessarily sent to landfill

1 March, 2023

Supermarkets on notice to clean-up soft plastic stockpiles

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has advised Australia’s largest supermarkets to remove more than 5200 tonnes of soft plastic stockpiled at 15 sites across the state

15 February, 2023

REDcycle welcomes multi-stakeholder approach

Following the announcement that major supermarket retailers in Australia will form part of a Soft Plastics Taskforce, REDcycle has issued a statement welcoming the approach

7 December, 2022

Supermarkets form taskforce after REDcycle pauses recycling program

Coles, Woolworths and ALDI have lodged an urgent application with the ACCC for interim authorisation following REDcycle’s suspension of its return-to-store soft plastics recovery program

7 December, 2022

REDcycle puts soft plastics recycling on pause

It will temporarily pause its soft plastics collection program from 9 November 2022, due to “untenable pressure” on its business model

9 November, 2022

Jet Technologies and Grinders Coffee collaborate for sustainability initiative

Jet Technologies has teamed up with Australian coffee roaster, Grinders Coffee, to change up its packaging so that it meets the requirements of the RED Group’s REDcycle initiative

3 June, 2021

Natures Organics taps into refillable packaging to minimise waste: GlobalData

Natures Organics recently launched ‘My Soda’, the first haircare brand in Australia to offer sustainable refill solutions in supermarkets

24 May, 2021

KitKat packaging prototyped from recycled soft plastics 

In an Australian first, a group of companies have collaborated to produce Australia’s first soft plastic food wrapper made with recycled content. The companies – made of REDcycle and CurbCycle, […]

15 March, 2021