Welcome to the Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association

The Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association is the pre-eminent national body representing Australia’s chemicals and plastics industries. These industries turnover approximately $32.5 billion every year, directly employ 85,000 people and represent between 9 and 10 per cent of total Australian manufacturing activity.

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PACIA National Plastics Recycling Survey

PACIA National Plastics Recycling Survey

The 2011 PACIA National Plastics Recycling Survey is now available. PACIA commissions yearly independent national surveys on consumption, use and recovery of plastics in Australia, as part of our strong commitment to action by industry...more

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Annual Reports

Annual Reports

The 2010-11 Annual Report is now available. Every year PACIA produces an Annual Report that showcases the past years achievements in Industry Advocacy, Sustainability Leadership and Member Services, supported by our Strategic Partnerships.

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Business Toolkit

Business Toolkit

Your members only one-stop-shop. The Business Toolkit provides the critical information and resources that you need on a day to day basis.

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Media Centre

Plastics recycling in Australia remains strong

An independent report has found that during 2010-11 Australians continued to value and recycle plastics at a consistently strong rate with a total of 287,360 tonnes of plastic products diverted from landfill. ...more

Patchy carbon plan assistance threatens industry competitiveness

The Australian chemicals and plastics industry today expressed concerns with inadequate transitional industry assistance measures under the Federal Governments planned carbon pricing scheme....more

Global plastics industry launches action plan for solutions on marine litter

On November 16 and 17, plastics industry representatives from across the world met in Dubai to create a global action plan for solutions on marine litter. This action plan describes actions...more...more