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the community, but also in corpo- rate boardrooms.
“Board members and executive leadership teams are much more across the issue now, so they’re ask- ing questions,” he said.
“The level of awareness is going up everywhere, and new legislation and APCO’s work are driving increased activity everywhere to meet these targets.”
Cameron Colebatch, director- plastics, packaging and food waste section of the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, said: “From a gov- ernment perspective, these aren’t aspirational targets, they can be achieved. The government wants to see industry succeed.”
Coca-Cola Amatil group head of CDS development and implementa- tion Jeff Maguire said getting design
right is a very important part of achieving the 2025 Targets.
“We must get the design of packag- ing right so when it is collected, it can be recycled,” he said.
He said in order for companies to invest in infrastructure for recycling and circularity, there must be a reli- able supply of recyclable material in volumes sufficient for the investment to be economically viable.
“Unless you have those things in place, it is very difficult to make those investment decisions,” he said.
“CDS [container deposit schemes] have reached these outcomes in terms of collecting the materials. Also, the CDSs around the country facilitate the collection of homogenous materials.”
Maguire said it is important to look at what materials best suit the targeted outcomes.
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