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The partnership creates valuable raw materials from the recyclables we collect and sort to help make a sustainable future possible

Partnerships - Resource Recovery

February 18, 2022

Highlights

The partnership creates valuable raw materials from the recyclables we collect and sort to help make a sustainable future possible

Highlights

The partnership creates valuable raw materials from the recyclables we collect and sort to help make a sustainable future possible

Circular Plastics Australia a joint venture between Cleanaway, Asahi Beverages, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) and Pact Group will be recycling billions of used plastic containers onshore with ready end-market applications for the recycled PET material. The joint venture’s first plastic recycling facility in Albury/Wodonga, NSW started operating in December 2021 and a second facility in Altona North, VIC is expected to be completed in late 2023.

Cleanaway will provide the plastic feedstock from its collection and sorting network, Pact will provide technical and packaging expertise while Asahi Beverages, CCEP and Pact will buy the recycled plastic from the facilities to use in their respective products.

Each facility is capable of recycling the equivalent of around 1 billion PET plastic bottles collected by Cleanaway through container deposit schemes and kerbside recycling each year and converting them into high-quality recycled PET bottles and food packaging.

Circular Plastics Australia has launched a new website which can be viewed here.

Contact us to learn more about how we’re making a sustainable future possible for communities and businesses across Australia or to see if there’s soft plastics recycling nearby.