FOGO awaits new national standards for compostable packaging

18 Jan 2023

The City of Launceston will temporarily suspend the collection and processing of compostable packaging from local events at its organic processing facility while it awaits new national standards for compostable packaging to be implemented.

While the compostable material produced by the City of Launceston’s FOGO service currently meets all relevant Australian standards, the Council is taking the precautionary measure of suspending the processing of compostable packaging from events until new national guidelines governing PFAS in compostable packaging are introduced.

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