Can the Australian governments and companies learn from Sweden’s experience about plastic recycling?

A new state-of-the-art plastic sorting facility, the largest of its kind in the world, has been launched in Sweden.

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The new plant is called Site Zero, built to receive 200,000 tons of plastic household waste a year. While there isn’t yet a market for each type of plastic they sort, upcoming EU legislation is set to require new plastic packaging to contain at least 35 percent recycled material.

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