The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) will be hosting a webinar on the intersection between ‘Check Locally’ and ‘Recycle Mate’, set to be held on 18 October.
The AIP are inviting all members and industry colleagues to find out how Recycle Mate have partnered with the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) to provide leading recycling advice for used packaging – providing the intersection between Check Locally, the waste and recycling end of the value chain, and consumers.
Recycle Mate communicates recycling education via a platform that combines artificial intelligence technology with Australia’s most comprehensive recycling directory to reduce contamination in recycling systems, improve resource recovery, and support a circular economy.
Recycle Mate communicates local recycling rates, provides granular and current information to consumers as recycling systems evolve, as trials are implemented, and new schemes are rolled out, and also provides kerbside advice and directs people away from home recovery options.
The Australasian Recycling Label (ARL) is the end goal – an on-pack label to provide the most easily accessible recycling and disposal advice for packaging formats accepted with consistent collection schemes nationally supported by mature recycling markets.
This partnership shows how organisations across the value chain are working together to support optimal recycling behaviours during a transitionary phase, as the industry moves to a circular economy for used packaging.
Speakers will include Lara Barclay, founder and director of Adaptation Environmental Support; and Sarah Sannen, head of operations at APCO.
For those wanting to register to attend, click here.
