The invention turning waste to resource ♻ | Movin’ to the Country | ABC Australia
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- In Coffs Harbour, NSW, local zoologist Louise Hardman has invented a mobile plastic recycling station called “the Shruder” which transforms plastic waste into multiple resources, whilst also creating a huge opportunity for the local Aboriginal Corporation.
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Very nice.We do the same in Kenya
Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love you all guys, nice somebody makes a start with cleaning the earth.
Thanks Arjan, appreciate your support
How wonderful, more of them needed
Thanks Cassandra, we are hoping to ramp them up now we have trialled the first 5 programs
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I wish more people cared about how they disposed of their trash. In school they did a lot of campaigning but it seems it didn't get through anyone's thick head.
One wonders why no government seems willing to tackle this problem.
Various governments have pledged to the Global Commitment for a New Plastic Economy - check their site to see the full list. It is a voluntary pledge, but at least voters can hold them to their pledge. Each state in Australia has made changes, some faster than others
It’s a great idea, but we have these issues with kerbside recycling throughout Australia.
I wish we could reuse everything, the way forward is looking at the reducing the use in the first place in packaging etc.
Does the company pay the Sea Rangers and any other workers?
Is there any Government Grants given to the company used for this operation?
The sale of ocean plastics/kerb sides to products would give the company some income but it would be time before it could become profitable without funding.
Hi Rick, I agree we have to reduce, eliminate and reuse to get consumption rates down. We started our business to give remote and regional communities an option to implement some infrastructure and recover the value from their waste plastics, instead of dumping, burning or burying the materials. The sale of the materials provides income for the sea rangers, different projects are at different stages - so each one varies.
Government needs to legislate so the companies that produce this plastic use only recyclable type and or contribute to its life recovery. This may encourage business to do R&D to save money and save rubbish in the process
Agree. Check out Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO), and the New Plastic Economy (Ellen McArthur Foundation) for Global Commitments to recycled content. Governments follow industry and consumers - this movement is very encouraging.
Great initiative. Perhaps she could partner with Seabin Project - another Aussie invention ?
Just wanted to point out though: the Q at 2:27 "Where does the plastic come from?" - answer is fossil fuel & petrochemical companies.
Hi Lyre, yes we have met Pete from SeaBin - great invention, and would love to collobarate. Most of the plastics come from fossil fuels, but there is a growing movement where some products are starting to come from renewable plant sources
Problem is cost of collection of used plastic, wages unless rely on volunteers and marketing to companies that don't want to spend money when there is cheaper options to just buy the stuff new with out impurities. So it is best for the companies to just use new and not used or recycled plastic from a financial point of view and also supply is easier.
Thats a good point. To address this a number of companies and organisations joined forces in 2017 to develop a Global Waste Reduction Standard (verified by Verra) to commodify a global plastic credit market (much like the carbon offset market), The aim was to make recovering and recycling plastics more profitable than developing virgin plastics. It has had a great uptake (check out 3R Initiative), and is helping poor and disadvantaged communities increase the value of waste plastics, and manufacturers to affordably replace virgin with recycled content. The plastic credit market was launched in 2020, we were part of the pilot programs.
It's a matter of money
Exactly. If something has value, it is 'resource'. If it has no value, we throw it away and call it 'waste', which then becomes 'pollution'. It is our goal to find the value and make it an economic reality to recover and recycle.
I do ewaste recycling as a hobby taking apart old printers , computer towers ,monitors etc the problem is the plastics no recycling companys where i live will take it because of the grade of plastic that it is made from so i have no choice but to send it to landfill
Good on you Charles for recycling one of the hardest items to recycle. The plastics on computers etc, is often not labelled or may not be a thermoplastic (therrmosets are like resins and cant be recycled). I believe if a product cant be recycled, it shouldnt be made, or they should use materials that can be disassembled and recycled, plus mandate all products must have min. amount of recycled plastics in them. But good on you for doing what you can