| As large of an employer as it is, chances are that | | | | glass is the most breakable and least practical |
| you already know somebody who works in the | | | | material, it only accounts for 10% of the total |
| Australian packaging industry. Indeed, it is a | | | | packaging that today is used in Australia. |
| reasonably sized industry that exerts a massive | | | | Recycling And The Packaging Industry - |
| amount of influence over our daily lives. From | | | | Considering that the packaging industry only |
| recycling to protecting the food that we purchase, | | | | contributes about 10% of urban solid waste, it is |
| packaging is essential. | | | | remarkable that the industry has, nonetheless, |
| The Packaging Industry: Value And Employment - | | | | agreed to a National Packaging Covenant that will |
| Numbers are among the very best ways to get | | | | increase the levels at which it recycles various |
| an idea about the size of something. Consider this: | | | | materials. For example: Plastics, which are |
| The Australian packaging industry accounts for | | | | currently recycled at a rate of approximately |
| approximately 1% of the country's GDP, or Gross | | | | 20%, will now be recycled approximately 30% to |
| Domestic Product. That may sound small, but | | | | 35% of the time. Paper and cardboard, which are |
| Australia is a massive country with a very high | | | | currently recycled at a rate of approximately |
| volume of output. Combine that fact with the | | | | 64%, will now be recycled at a rate of |
| fact that approximately 30,000 people are | | | | approximately 70% to 80%. |
| employed by the Australian packaging industry, | | | | Packaging: An Industry To Watch - |
| and it's easy to see why this industry is so | | | | Whether you work in the packaging industry or |
| important. | | | | not, there's no question that it plays a major role |
| Material Statistics Related To The Packaging | | | | in your life. Whether it's the products you |
| Industry - | | | | purchase or the physical recycling you and your |
| At 36%, paper and cardboard packaging definitely | | | | family do, food packaging can play a role in the |
| corner the market when it comes to packaging | | | | various aspects of your life. As time goes by, the |
| materials. A simple glance in your pantry or | | | | industry itself will be amping up its recycling |
| refrigerator will confirm to you that this is the | | | | efforts and will be contributing to the health of |
| case. However, plastics have reached 30% - a | | | | the planet. In this way, consumers can feel good |
| very respectable figure that is easy to confirm, | | | | about the food products that they buy and can |
| what with the popularity of plastic packaging | | | | rest assured that the industry that packages |
| these days. At 20%, metal packaging has | | | | them is always working to make the world a |
| diminished a bit but is still fairly common. Finally, as | | | | better place. |