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Visiting iAccelerate Expert-In-Residence, Aly Khalifa joins forces with Plastic Collective to fight ocean waste
iAccelerate Expert-in-Residence takes leadership role for $2.5m grant with Coffs Harbour pioneers to recycle plastic in remote and vulnerable communities. WOLLONGONG, Australia – Impact entrepreneur, Aly Khalifa, has become the Innovation Director for a three-year...
National Plastic Summit 2020 – Summary
Workshop: Plastics in the Economy, speakers: Peter Bury, Damien Giurco, Bronwyn Laycock, Stephen SchererSummary NATIONAL PLASTICS SUMMIT: PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA 02/03/20 National Plastic Summit consisted of 200 selected delegates from Australian industry,...
PC mention at Parliament House
National Plastic Summit & PC mention at Parliament House 03/03/2020: Cowper Member of Parliament Pat Conaghan, talks about Louise Hardman, Founder of Plastic Collective and the CRC-P government funding, in the House of Representatives, Canberra.View Summary of...
Plastic Neutral Certification – How Does it Work for Me?
Becoming Plastic Neutral is a great way to help stop plastic entering the oceans and littering our environments. The concept is simple; you, your family and friends or your business every year use a certain weight of plastic in kilograms, which is called your Plastic...
Plastic shredder hopes to clean up Pacific Ocean – NewstalkZB
Plastic in our oceans is a huge problem, but one woman has come up with a solution to help in some of the more remote areas...
Louise Hardman shredding plastic for a brighter future – RNZ
The sheer amount of plastic floating in the Pacific Ocean is a daunting obstacle. But Louise Hardman has spent the last 25 years trying to reduce that mass by not seeing it as waste...
Shruder MkII
THE SHRUDER (™) (pronounced 'Shroo-der') designed by Louise Hardman and manufactured in Coffs Harbour, Australia was adapted from Dave Hakken’s Precious Plastic modular machines in 2016. Two machines - a shredder and extruder are integrated into one portable unit....
Plastic Collective wins prestigious Government CRC-P Grant
We are immensely proud to announce, Plastic Collective and our partners are the recipients of an Australian Government Collaborative Research Centre (CRC-P) grant to research and develop waste plastic solutions for remote, regional and Indigenous communities. This is...
The New Plastics Economy
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” ~ Albert Einstein The Circular Economy Model – Is it the Answer to the Plastic Crisis?Understanding plastics is fundamental to creating sustainable solutions for the plastic crisis...
Bioplastic – A Better Choice?
“There is no such thing as “AWAY”. When we throw anything away it must go somewhere.” ~ Annie Leonard The Complicated Truth of Bioplastic - Are They a Better Choice?The words ‘bioplastic’, ‘biodegradable’ and ‘compostable’ are often used synonymously with very little...
What on Earth is Plastic?
What on Earth is Plastic? - Plastic Collective, Understanding Plastic Series “From packaging materials, through fibers, foams and surface coatings, to continuous extrusions and large-scale moldings, plastics have transformed almost every aspect of life. Without them,...
What’s the problem with single use plastic?
"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” – Jane Goodall. Overconsumption of single use plastic is causing serious global...
Shruder Program in Les Village, Bali
SHRUDER WORKSHOP, LES VILLAGEOver the last few months we have been very busy working with the local community of Les Village in Northern Bali to deliver two training programsand implement their Plastic Resource Recovery program. Sponsored by TJK Maxx and in...
Shruder Program delivered to Mantanani Island, Malaysia
We finally made it to Mantanani Island, 30km northwest of Sabah in Borneo. We are here to deliver our Shruder program for Reef Check Malaysia, sponsored by Coca-Cola. The Mantanani Archipelago consists of 3 islands, the largest called Mantanani Besar (‘Big...
