Sustainability

An Australian led international team of researchers says it has developed a way of using PE waste as a feedstock and converted it into valuable chemicals, via light-driven photocatalysis.

Dairy producer Fonterra has introduced 'Naked Mozz', a mozzarella wrapped in only basic plastic wrap, a move the company says will spare 330 tonnes of cardboard each year.

A new study with senior executives who work for fashion brands and retailers in the UK, US and Australia, by Aquapak Polymers, show that most expect their business to be "fully circular" within four years.

Join SPE-ANZ members and other industry professionals for a tour of what is claimed to be Australia’s largest end-to-end plastics recycling facility, Circular Plastics Australia (PE) in Laverton North, Victoria.

The first ever meeting of the international members of the Plastics Pact Network convened in South Africa on 23 January, with delegates from around the world meeting in Cape Town.

Amcor has again been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices: Australia Index, being ranked within the 91st percentile of the packaging and containers industry.

Detpak has teamed up with Uber Eats to produce smaller-sized paper delivery bags to cater for small and single orders in Australia and New Zealand, to help reduce the carbon emissions impact.

WA-based Bannister Downs dairy has partnered with Visy to adopt 2-litre plastic milk bottles made from 100% recycled plastics and collected from recycling programs.

The Australian government has funded a co-operative research centre as part of its project to combat plastic waste, which aims to transform how plastic is designed, used, and recycled.

Brunswick’s Wholefoods Unwrapped Collective has been recognised as the Community Champion winner in the Circular Economy Innovation category at the 2023 VIC Premier’s Sustainability Awards.

The $600m Maryvale EfW project has reached a major milestone, signing a multi-million-dollar engineering design agreement with Spanish infrastructure group Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios.

The federal government says it will invest $127 million in research centres to eliminate plastic waste and cut emissions. This includes transforming the way plastics are designed, manufactured, used and recycled.

For the first time in its history, the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) participated at COP28, giving voice to the important connection between packaging and its role in transforming food systems.

An extra 1700 tonnes of plastic waste will be diverted from Tasmanian landfill each year thanks to a $1.26 million co-investment from the Australian and Tasmanian governments.

NSW’s recycling scheme, Return and Earn, is celebrating six years of success, with 8 out of 10 NSW adults participating and over 10.4 billion drink containers returned for recycling.

Head of Packaging at Woolworths, Bryan McKay is the APCO Sustainability Champion for 2023. PKN spoke to him about his leadership approach to bring others along on the sustainability journey.