Does compostable packaging actually break down fully in compost?
Confused by all the different labels and certifications?
Ever felt that compostable packaging might just be greenwashing?

Hear all about it from Compost Manager and zero waste researcher and advocate, Liam Prince, live and on-site from the Kaicycle Urban Farm where he works. Liam will talk through Kaicycle’s composting process, how it supports healthy soil, healthy food and healthy people, and the reasons why Kaicycle has stopped accepting all types of compostable packaging.

This wānanga was held as part of #plasticfreejuly2023 and the Break Free From Plastic Asia-Pacific campaign #FalseSolutionsExposed: Busting Myths and Unveiling False Solutions to Plastic Pollution.

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This Working Group has been developed to help facilitate collective action across our region in response to the many false solutions to the global plastic pollution crisis that are perpetuated by industry, governments, and other influential parties.

The false solutions of concern to our member organisations include (but are not limited to):

• Incineration and waste-to-energy
• Bio- and “compostable” plastics
• Plastic (and carbon) credits

Matt Peryman (APPA Communications Manager) and Abdul Ghofar (WALHI) are currently co-convening monthly Zoom sessions – the last 3 of which will occur on 24 January, 28 February, and 28 March at 7-8pm NZDT.

All APPA members are welcome to join via the following link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87248593179?pwd=R055L2syOGNmdnBTVk1rZ1VPYU85Zz09

Meeting ID 872 4859 3179 | Passcode 759434

Working Group Running Notes / Jamboard

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When: Sunday 11 December + Monday 12 December 2022

Where: Sustainable Coastlines flagship building, Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland)

FULL PROGRAMME AVAILABLE HERE

The two day hui will bring together some of Aotearoa’s plastic pollution prevention and zero waste community’s brightest for a range of wānanga, presentations, interactive events and inevitably lively discussions about our collective plans going forward.

The two-day hui will include:

• Mingling with like-minded people
• Shared kai and kōrero
• Presentations and exhibitions
• Wānanga and panel discussions
• Collective action

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: click here and see below for our Call for Abstracts.

The Hui will be hosted by Sustainable Coastlines at their flagship building in Tāmaki Makaurau (pictured below). Ngā mihi nui Sustainable Coastlines co-founder and APPA member Camden Howitt for having us!

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Read on for important updates from the Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance, including new single-use plastic bans and an announcement of our upcoming end-of-year hui on December 11-12.

The Newsletter also showcases some of the incredible research and publications our APPA members have been working on over the past several months.

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These University of South Pacific students located in Marine Studies are looking for thesis mentors, supervisors, and/or publishing support from APPA members with shared research interests. If you are interested in connecting with any of these exceptional scientists (in your capacity as student researcher or research supervisor) to share relevant literature, methodological or analytical approaches, lab protocols, to compare data across the region, or just to talanoa about the thrills and spills of research and publication in your shared field, Trisia would be very happy to connect you – T.Farrelly@massey.ac.nz.

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Join us December 2nd and 3rd for presentations and discussions from researchers, businesses, policy makers, artists and those interested in working together to mitigate and prevent plastic pollution in Aotearoa and Oceania. The 2nd annual APPA hui provides a platform for the community to come together and present their research and ideas and a space for collaboration and connection.

Presentations will span both mornings, 9am-12:30pm at the Old Government Buildings, Pipitea Campus, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington. We will also stream presentations online for those unable to travel to Wellington (Zoom link will be provided closer to the time).

Thursday 2 December – Lecture Theatre 3 (GBLT3), Ground Floor
Friday 3 December – Lecture Theatre 4 (GBLT4), First Floor

Presentations topics include:
– The role of airborne microplastics in a changing climate
– Creative Responses to Plastic Pollution
– The road to a binding global plastic pollution treaty
– Using science to inform business decisions and promote behaviour change
– Plastics and marine debris across the ocean floor in New Zealand waters
– Litter Intelligence and citizen science
– Microplastic concentrations in Wellington streams

And more…

See the full programme here!

Workshops to follow in the afternoon from 2-4pm (costs included in ticket price).

• Thursday: site visit to The Tiny Plastic Factory. Meet at Sustainability Trust, 2 Forresters Lane at 2pm
• Friday: a zero-waste walking tour of Wellington City with The Rubbish Trip. Meet at Tuatua Café, Southeast corner of Frank Kitts Park, Wellington Waterfront

Dinner to follow on Thursday December 2nd. Venue to be determined (cost not included as part of this ticket).

Everyone is welcome to attend the hui. Attend as many or as few presentations and workshops as you wish. Will be held in person and online if alert levels allow. If not, the event will be online only. A Zoom link will be provided closer to the time.

Facebook event page here

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• Tyres
• Electrical and electronic products
• Agrichemicals and their containers
• Refrigerants
• Farm plastics
• Packaging (including single-use plastic packaging and beverage packaging).

Product stewardship schemes make those who design, manufacture, sell, use and dispose of a product responsible for ensuring the product is effectively reduced, reused, recycled or recovered, and for managing any harm that product causes when it becomes waste. Such schemes can take the burden off consumers, councils and the environment to manage the harmful and costly effects of unregulated products.

This consultation is a big deal and could mean big strides forward in reducing plastic pollution in Aotearoa. You can check out the consultation document and submission form on the Ministry for the Environnment website. Submissions are open until 4 October 2019 and we encourage everyone to make a submission.

If you feel like you need more information to help you submit, check out these resources produced by members of APPA:

• The Rubbish Trip’s three infosheets that summarise key content from the 56-page consultation document.
• WasteMINZ’s What You Need to Know about the Government’s Priority Product Stewardship Consultation, which summarises the consultation and covers some key points for possible consideration in submissions.
• The Rubbish Trip and the New Zealand Product Stewardship Council are holding an Online Live Webinar and Q&A on Thursday 5 September 2019, 7-8pm. The webinar will cover the basics of the consultation content & some key concepts to consider, before opening the floor to questions and answers to anyone in attendance. Don’t miss out!

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