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POSTPONED - 2020 Port Phillip Bay Nurdle Hunt

POSTPONED - Join us for the Port Phillip Bay Nurdle Hunt! UPDATED 13/3/2020 Due to the evolving coronavirus situation, the 2020 Nurdle Hunt Industry Event on March 20th at Stony Creek Backwash has been postponed until later on in the year.     If you are... read more...

Plastics Stewardship Australia to support the sustainable use and recovery of plastics

Plastics Stewardship Australia, an initiative of Chemistry Australia, has been established to support the sustainable use and recovery of plastics and will participate in the inaugural National Plastics Summit on Monday 2 March at Parliament House in Canberra.  Representing... read more...

2019 Nurdle Hunt Success!

Representatives from across the chemistry industry and supply chain showed up in force to support Operation Clean Sweep’s Great Port Phillip Bay Nurdle Hunt on February 8th.Employees from LyondellBasell, Qenos, Covestro, BASF, Chemistry Australia, FBT... read more...

2019 Port Phillip Bay Nurdle Hunt

Join us for the Port Phillip Bay Nurdle Hunt! WHY?  Join Operation Clean Sweep® to help us map plastic resin pellet pollution across Port Phillip Bay. Did you know: - Plastic Resin Pellets are also known as ‘nurdles’- Nurdles are very small beads of raw... read more...

Victorian EPA issues resin pellet guidance

In June 2018, the Victorian EPA published a fact sheet to assist businesses that produce, transport or use plastic resin pellets to manage the pellets and implement risk control measures. The loss of plastic resin pellets during manufacturing and... read more...

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