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New lifecycle data is challenging conventional thinking on packaging sustainability. Giancarlos LaRocca, marketing director for Oceania at Tetra Pak, argues that the industry must shift its focus upstream – to materials, production and distribution – where the vast majority of emissions occur. Read more
Great Plastic Rescue founder Bronwyn Voyce, and Australia’s 100% carbon neutral shipper Sendle, have launched a state-wide rescue mission to save and recycle obsolete stock from SMEs.
Amcor has received a gold EcoVadis medal in recognition of its extensive sustainability work and practices. The company is in the top five per cent of all businesses assessed.
Mura Technology, a licensee of Australian-based Licella Holdings’ Cat-HTR platform, and Dow aim to construct multiple world-scale 120KT of advanced recycling facilities in the US and Europe .
Close the Loop has partnered with Myer to conduct an eight-week trial to recycle and reuse cosmetics packaging, with guidance provided by peak industry body Accord.
As coffee cups take the lead as Australia’s most common single-use plastic item in the country, WWF Australia and the Plastic Free Foundation are calling for an improved reusable coffee cup economy.
Swiss Bühler Group's solution will support Bulgarian start-up Cupffee to triple production volumes of its edible coffee cups, aiming to ultimately replace at least 1 per cent of disposable coffee cups globally. Nina Milanova is the ANZ distributor for Cupffee.
Ferrero Group says it's on track to meet sustainability goals, which includes progress towards targets on sourcing and packaging, as well as a switch to renewable energy across its manufacturing plants.
Global packaging film manufacturer Südpack has joined the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) within the framework of its Net Zero activities, and signed the commitment letter.
More than $500m has gone back into the pockets of Queenslanders, with the government revealing that five billion containers have been refunded through the state's Containers for Change scheme.
Leadership on tackling plastic pollution got a boost at the UN Ocean Conference when 21 new governments announced they will join the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment.
Sussan Group brand Sportsgirl has partnered with Australian retail packaging manufacturer PaperPak to launch paper carry bags across stores nationwide, the first of the Group's brands to do so.
The 2022 Sustainable Packaging Design of the Year award was the most hotly contested category and recognised nine companies with gold awards across seven sub-categories.
McCormick is collaborating with packaging and plastics industry leader, Berry Global to help advance its commitment of achieving 100 per cent packaging that can be recycled, repurposed, or reused.
Australian food packaging manufacturer Confoil and BASF have developed DualPakECO – a certified compostable and dual ovenable food tray based on paper.
The decision by the Queensland government to ban all disposable plastic shopping bags has been welcomed by industry, with the Boomerang Alliance calling it a step up in the attack on polluting single-use plastic items.
The head of Australia’s largest vertically integrated soft plastics recycler says the plastic recycling industry has been gearing up to meet the challenge of the 1 July waste export ban.