Woolworths Soft Plastic Recycling Partner
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
That is not a theoretical, it is how the system works right now.
Woolworths Groupย announced last month that more than 40 million pieces of soft plastic, 310,000 kg have been collected through their renewed recycling scheme, now running across 700+ stores in five states.
saveBOARD is one of three recycling partners named by Woolworths to process that material. We take the collected soft plastics and compress them into building products for the built environment. That board is now on the walls inside 170 Woolworths stores across Australia.
Woolworths 360 Managing Director Rob McCartney put it simply: '๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ต๐๐ด๐ ๐ท ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ 170 ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ .'
40 million pieces. 170 stores. The loop closes. If you want to see where they are, check out our ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ which tells you where the stores are located (see link to map below in the comments).
The hard part of a circular economy is not collecting the material. It is creating enough demand for products made recycled content to create the circle.
That is why partnerships like this one matter. Not because they solve everything. The model works, we just need more Australian & New Zealand companies following their lead.
