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market in Australia. Yet we know that it is compostability to the Australian Standards, a market that is growing and one that causes welcomes the advent of the guidelines real confusion – for both industry and end and looks forward to continuing collabo-
There’s never been a more important time for businesses to receive accurate and consistent information about compostable packaging.”
– Brooke Donnelly
consumers.”
ABA president Rowan Williams said the
launch had been an excellent opportunity for peak industry bodies to collaborate on guidelines for industry and consumers.
“The collaborative nature of the work in getting this guideline out has been out- standing. The guidelines look up and down the value chain, at where the raw material comes from and also where the finished packaging will go to, such as organics recy- cling, in the future,” Williams said.
“The ABA, as custodian of the only ver- ification scheme for claims of certified
ration with APCO, AORA and industry stakeholders.”
AORA chair Peter Wadewitz said his association supports the use of AS4736 certified materials for the source separa- tion of food waste in the home or in com- mercial settings.
“It is a suitable alternative to non-recy- clable packaging,” Wadewitz said.
“Compostable coffee cups, capsules and compostable bags can all be suc- cessfully put through normal organic recycling processes, without concern of contamination.” ■
Martogg is an Australian, privately owned business, who has serviced the Australian and Regional Plastics industry since 1975.
In recent years, Martogg saw the need for a sustainable alternative to virgin PET for rigid packaging applications and in October 2016 commissioned the first of three Vacurema® lines, to produce food grade recycled PET.
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Vacurema® Technology. As demand for food-grade rPET is growing worldwide, Martogg have committed to expanding their capacity to support Australia’s packaging manufacturers. Martogg recently started up its second rPET processing line and will have added a third line by mid-2020, this will increase their total marPET® recycling capability to 23,000 tonnes per annum.
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sustainability targets, through supply of locally produced rPET, which is recognised globally for it its quality.