The refill stations are part of the company’s initiatives to encourage consumers to lead more sustainable lifestyles by offering them options to reuse their plastic bottles instead of putting them to waste.
Nestle has invested $2.5 million into its Smithtown factory in New South Wales to produce the new cups.
The product, dubbed Pluumo, is made using surplus feathers from down and poultry.
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The plastic bottles are re-made at Australasia’s largest end-to-end PET recycling facilities based in NSW, and a second plant due to open this week in Victoria.
The researchers carbonise the paper by exposing it to high temperatures. Then, the team transforms the fibres from the paper into electrodes, which can put to use in rechargeable batteries that can power smartphones or electric cars.
Mars Bar, Snickers and Milky Way will be the first brands to be applied to the locally-created sustainable wrappers in April.
The work is being done as the Australian Government’s target for all packaging to be reusable, recyclable, or compostable by 2025 nears.
Brownes claims its move will save some 2.7 million virgin plastic tubs from being produced each year.
The company has partnered with EcoMark and Macsa – two global companies in the coding and marking space – to develop a new technique with zero ink and zero label cost.
Currently, the burden of managing plastic disposal typically lies with local councils and municipalities. As a result, many municipalities worldwide are championing EPR schemes.
The Melbourne-based company has been collecting a lot of soft plastics for months, which is thought to be hazardous to the environment and fire safety.
The researchers have built a reactor that creates a continuous flow of propylene that can be converted into PP using current technology – making the project scalable and rapidly implementable.
The company has partnered with Goldbell Leasing to add 10 electric vehicles to a pilot trial.
