Waffle pod grant makes mockery of NSW government single-use plastic ban, say Greens

Questions are being raised about a $640,000 grant to make polystyrene waffle pods after the same material was banned under the Plastic Reduction and Circular Economy Act 2021.

In September, the government provided the funding to a Sydney-based company, Styrofoam Industries, to set up a new waffle pod manufacturing operation in Queanbeyan.

The money was provided under the Regional Job Creation Fund, and the state government said it would help bring 32 jobs to the region.

Waffle pods are polystyrene blocks used in the construction industry as void fillers in slabs to lower building costs by reducing the volume of concrete required.

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