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The third webinar in a five-part global series will discuss how Covid-19 is impacting the packaging industry in relation to sustainable packaging and global recycling targets.

The interactive session will include a global panel of experts who will discuss global sustainable design targets, the revival of single-use packaging, the revival of plastics packaging to secure food and littering/collection contaminated PPE-recycling issues.

The webinar will be held on 19 August at 5.00pm AEST.

The Panellists will include Nerida Kelton MAIP, executive director of the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) and ANZ board member of the World Packaging Organisation (WPO); Aslihan Arikan, president, Asian Packaging Federation (APF) and vice-president education of the World Packaging Organisation (WPO); Henky Wibawa, president, Indonesian Packaging Federation (IPF); and Chakravarthi AVPS, global ambassador of the World Packaging Organisation (WPO).

The Series is run by Informa Markets, in collaboration with the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) and supported by the AIP.

Additional Webinars will discuss How COVID-19 is impacting the role that packaging plays in food waste and food insecurity (23 September) and global supply chains (21 October).

All AIP Members will attain Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) points by attending this webinar.

Register to attend the webinar here.

Food & Drink Business

Gold Coast brewery, Black Hops, has entered administration for the second time, with an urgent sale campaign underway for the business.

In the final chapter of court action regarding the 2020 collapse of Freedom Foods Group, the Federal Court has found former managing director and CEO, Rory Macleod, breached his duties as a director and officer, and failed to take all reasonable steps to secure the company’s compliance with its financial reporting obligations.

Australia’s food and beverage manufacturing industry is converging on Melbourne this week for foodpro 2026, the country’s leading trade event for processing, packaging and innovation. Held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) from 26-29 July, foodpro 2026 will be opened at 10am on Sunday 26 July by Victorian Minister for Industry and Advanced Manufacturing and Minister for Skills and TAFE, Colin Brooks.