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Schools, large and small businesses, journalists, local councils and community groups were among the finalists in this year’s United Nations Association of Australia World Environment Day Awards.

Held as part of celebrations for the United Nations’ World Environment Day on June 5th these awards recognise innovative and outstanding environmental programs and initiatives from across Australia and the important work of Australian environmental leaders. This year the Awards celebrated the International Year for Sustainable Energy for all and the United Nations World Environment Day theme, “Green Economy: Does it include you?”

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May 2012

Kinder.com.au Editorial

"Kinder Rolls Out A Most Palatable Solution"

Kinder & Co, one of Australia's leading suppliers to the mining and manufacturing industry, has again broken new ground in recycling – this time with the conversion of their customer's used polymer conveyor rollers into shipping pallets.

This cradle-to-cradle initiative means that after years of hauling bulk materials to reach the end of their useful life, Kinder's K-Polymer Rollers are 're-born' once they are returned to the company's headquarters in the Melbourne suburb of Braeside.

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May 2012

Queensland Country Life Editorial

"Forget the Rest head straight for the Best…plasmar"

Queenslanders are definitely bypassing some traditional fencing and landscaping materials and making a bee line for plasmar products as they are proving to be the best alternative fencing and landscaping materials when it comes to resolving or avoiding some of the issues experienced in difficult soil and climate conditions.

The 100% recycled plastic products are robust, solid and strong and have a wonderful long lifespan of 50 years plus. The plasmar material is impervious to white ants and fungus, will not rot and is such a versatile material that it can be worked with in a similar manner to a good hardwood. Why waste time with the rest when you can fence and landscape with the best?

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May 2012

The Scone Advocate Editorial

"The Post with No Regrets"

Through April and May the word has passed around
That the post by name of plasmar’s here to stay.
There’ve been samples by the plenty dropped all about the town
At vineyards, farms and studs along the way.
And the interested locals, with a sniff of something new
Mustered at the plasmar billboard when it stopped
They jostled for position there were more than just a few
On the plasmar billboard curious stares were locked

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November 2011

Tas Farmer Editorial

"A Bonus for Tasmania"

Tasmanians have always shown a huge interest in environmentally friendly products and there has been no exception when it comes to the fully recycled plasmar composite plastic products (manufactured by Australian Composite Technology). Enquiry and demand for fence posts, strainers, rail, garden edging, planter boxes and bollards has shown that Tasmanians are determined to be early adopters of these products as long life alternatives to timber.

The attraction has not only been the environmental benefits of the plasmar products, the life long durability of the products (with CSIRO testing showing a 50 to 100 year life span) has had everyone doing their sums and comparing the savings over the product life and these are very attractive indeed.

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August 2011

Tas Farmer Editorial

"A Life Long Aussie Mate"

We’ve had enough of drought, floods and economic uncertainty and with the environment firmly on the political agenda at the moment we don’t need fair weather friends but rather innovative solutions so its good to know there is a life long Aussie mate we can depend on.

Fencing and repair of damaged fences in particular is a high priority for many of us now and value for money is essential, the innovative, fully recycled plasmar composite plastic fence posts, (manufactured by Australian Composite Technology) are proving a very successful alternative to conventional fencing materials. This long life range of posts, strainers and other products is suitable for a wide range of agriculture, viticulture and aquaculture applications and is an environmental winner.

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August 2011

Vic Country Life

"A Different Winning Post"

Here’s a different “winning post” a plasmar fence post, the fencing product that is quickly proving to be a winner with everyone and is becoming known as a “life long Aussie mate”

plasmar is a fence post that is really helping to resolve many of the issues that make you feel like you’re on a losing streak when it comes to fencing and re fencing with traditional products.

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March 2011

Honda.com.au Editorial

"Honda Innovation To Serve Communities"

Honda Australia has partnered with Australian Composite Technologies (ACT) in a recycling initiative which reprocess obscelete parts into composite fence posts, bollards and other products.

ACT’s long-life plasmar fence posts are made of 100 per cent recycled products, are CSIRO tested for durability and proven to last more than 50 years. Plasmar goes beyond innovation, being immune from termite and fungal attack and fire resistant, making it a practical and much safer option to that of traditional timber fencing.

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September 2009

Australian Farmer's and Dealer's Journal

"What Dustin Hoffman Didn't Know"

In the 1967 movie The Graduate Dustin Hoffman learns that the future is in plastics. What he doesn’t know is that the future also brings with it a mounting environmental problem. Industrial waste plastics and used polymer based packaging material now dominate the landscape.

While government authorities struggle with the growing problem one Victorian company has forged a new future for waste plastics by converting the material into plasmar fence posts.

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July 2009

"Slow Art Collective - TS2: July 2009" (Hard Plastic Recycling)

The project TS2 (Transfer Station 2) is a collaborative installation art project by Slow Art Collective (SAC) in partnership with Moonee Valley City Council Waste Transfer Station and the adjacent Incinerator Arts Complex. We have orchestrated in-kind sponsorship from recyclers linked to the Transfer Station, such as TIC Group and Australian Composite Technologies, which means that we will be using the existing paths of transportation to bring back the materials after they have been through part of the recycling process, and then turn them into a collaborative art installation.

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July 2009

Farm Weekly, WA

"Fence Posts are Winning Posts"

You probably think you're doing your bit for the planet by recycling, but one Perth woman puts us all to shame. Rachel Robertson of Longlife Fencing Products WA is now selling container loads of plasmar fence post manufactured entirely from waste plastic normally destined for landfill.

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April 2009

Press Release

"Old Mobile Phones, for New plasmar Fence Posts"

MobileMuster, the official recycling program of the mobile phone industry, is launching the 2009 'Old Phones, New Fence Posts' Schools Recycling Challenge in conjunction with plasmar fence posts manufacturers, Australian Composite Technology (ACT).

The 'Old Phones, New Fence Posts' Schools Recycling Challenge, is a month long challenge where for every 5kg of old mobile phones handed in for recycling by schools during May, MobileMuster and ACT will donate one plasmar fence post to communities affected by the Victorian bush fires.