Family-run Little Big Dairy is on track to be Australia’s first commercial circular dairy brand, with its latest packaging choice for milk closures in line with broader sustainability shifts within the business.

Absolut Vodka is to become the first global spirits brand to move to a partly hydrogen energy-fired furnace for large-scale production of its iconic bottles.

Amcor Rigid Packaging has developed its two-step, lightweighting Quantum technology, which eliminates more than 50 per cent of the material and weight in the finish of the bottle.

Alcoholic beverage brand Bacardi says it will cut approximately 140 tons of single-use plastic annually by removing plastic pourers from its bottles, in line with its commitment to be 100% plastic free by 2030.

Sapporo’s limited-edition manga packaging has hit the shelves at all major liquor retailers in Australia, following a successful trial and positive consumer response.

Greenskin Wine has won two Packwine Design Awards for its resealable, recyclable pouches, and REDCycle mail-back 6-packs, recognised as an innovative approach to wine packaging.

SPC has entered the better-for-you beverage market with its Helping humans sparkling waters, filled in Visy’s recycled aluminium cans, which feature a QR code for consumers to donate to a partner charity.

In 2020 Thankyou stopped selling bottled water, saving an estimated 60.9 metric tonnes of single-use plastic since that time. But is its move out of packaged water permanent?

Fibre-based consumer packaging operation, Graphic Packaging International, has launched ClipCombo, which it says is an innovative multipack machinery system that provides flexibility and speed.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and University of California Berkeley are collaborating on new technology to convert air into sugar, with potential with potential spin-offs for PET packaging conversion.

The world’s first reusable coffee cup exchange program, Our Kinds, has begun a national rollout following its successful pilot program in WA, with its first Sydney café now in operation.

In celebration of International Beer Day, Australian brewery, Coopers, has unveiled a brand-new look for its portfolio of naturally conditioned ales and stouts, which were designed by Cowan.

Authentic kombucha brand Mojo has launched its Scrumptious Summer Berry and Perky Peach flavours into Woolworths nationwide, available in ready-to-drink bespoke glass bottles supplied by Orora.

The inaugural Australian Organic conference in Brisbane held discussions on a new educational campaign for the Australasian Recycling Label and innovations in packaging for the wine industry.

Western Australia has reached a new recycling milestone by saving 1.5 billion 10c containers from landfill through the Containers for Change deposit scheme.