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The Hunt is On for Microplastic Pollution

Last week Operation Clean Sweep's Great Nurdle Hunts were held in Sydney and Melbourne, jointly organised with the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA), Tangaroa Blue Foundation, Chemistry Australia, Dow Chemical and Viva Energy. Sydney’s event was held... read more...

EPA Victoria Updates Feedstock Guidance

EPA Victoria has recently released the updated Managing plastic feedstock fact sheet, publication 1701.1 and plastic feedstock web content. The guidance supports businesses that produce, manufacture, transport, store, handle, use, install and maintain... read more...

Invitation - Nurdle Hunt 2024!

On behalf of Operation Clean Sweep, we are pleased to invite plastic industry members to participate in two events to help keep our environment clean and create awareness around preventing plastic waste from getting into our waterways and oceans.  Together... read more...

NSW EPA - Plastic Feedstock Compliance Webinar

The NSW EPA and Operation Clean Sweep are offering two webinars to introduce best practice guidance, outline NSW legislation, and update on the Operation Clean Sweep program in regard to plastic feedstock and pollution incidents. The webinars will cover:... read more...

Sydney's First Nurdle Hunt Success

Joining the NSW EPA and Tangaroa Blue Foundation, members of the plastics industry headed down to Plane Spotters Beach in Botany on October 16th 2023 for the first industry Great Nurdle Hunt in Sydney. Unfortunately it didn't require much hunting before the... read more...

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