Woolworths will be the first to trial a new form of packaging on its shelves. Recycling start-up Samsara has plans to open a new recycling plant which will use enzymes to eat plastic and break it down into molecules to be reused. The technology developed at the Australian National University will eliminate single use plastic.
Samsara chief executive officer Paul Riley said, “This means we will never have to create new plastic from scratch using fossil fuels again.”
The trial will take place over 2 years and will begin with Woolworths’ own-brand products.