Australia Post is part of a range of product stewardship projects and programs such as Cartridges 4 Planet Ark, MobileMuster, Tyre Stewardship Australia, and various TerraCycle programs.
... Customers across Australia Post can also post their used plastic mailing satchels for free to Australia Post partner and global recycler TerraCycle to be melted down and used to build industrial items.
Online shopping has increased the reliance on single-use, waterproof plastic satchels, which has created a new challenge for Australia Post - how should it effectively keep these satchels out of landfill?
In order to solve this issue, the national mail service partnered with recycling organisation TerraCycle to initiate a free scheme that would allow consumers and businesses to return used plastic mailbags to be re-used and recycled into plastic park benches, chairs and other industrial items.
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Cigarette Butts
Every year, cigarette butts end up in landfills, or they are tossed as litter on shorelines, parks, and footpaths across Australia. Terracycle Australia is, with the help of the tobacco industry in Australia (British American Tobacco Australia, Philip Morris Limited and Imperial Tobacco Australia) collecting cigarette butts to be recycled into a variety of useful products, such as park benches and rubbish bins. Check out the waste recovery opportunties with Terracyle via the link.
