In line with its ambition to become "Australia's most sustainable supermarket", Coles has removed plastic measuring scoops from three laundry powder brands.

Amcor will be running a website on 12 April, which features the topic "How to make sustainability claims on packaging: a focus on recyclability".

Exchange for Change (EfC) has released the new fixed price per material type for supplier contributions, that fund the Return and Earn NSW container deposit scheme.

Unilever's R&D teams are working to develop solutions to keep plastics in the circular economy and find new materials to replace virgin single-use plastic.

Australian enviro-tech startup Samsara Eco has raised $6 million to help build its first recycling factory plant later this year, via the CEFC and the Woolworths Group’s venture capital fund W23.

As the UK Plastic Packaging Tax comes into force tomorrow, 1 April, global flexible packaging and lidding films supplier KM Packaging has launched PCR (post-consumer recycled content) in a range of products.

Kangaroo Island has been chosen as the launch site of a technology enabled pilot program for reusable coffee cups and takeaway food containers.

Victorian-based recycler APR Group has partnered with Plastoil, the local arm of global recycling technology developer Biofabrik, to launch the new advanced recycling technology WASTX Plastic in Australia.

National science agency CSIRO will be investing $50m into its Ending Plastic Waste Mission, pledging to help Australia reduce its plastic waste by 80 per cent over this decade.

Woolworths will be phasing out its 15-cent plastic shopping bags in WA – the first major supermarket to do so ahead of new state legislation banning a variety of plastic shopping bags from July this year.

More than 800,000 soft plastic bread bags from thousands of Queensland households have been recycled into Polyrok, a new aggregate replacement in concrete.

Dow has been recognised as a Three Star winner for its environmentally sustainable packaging solution, the all-PE stand-up pouch.

Wonder will once again be “turning waste into wonderful” by kicking off the second year of its Recycling Rewards for Schools program, which is a fun and easy way to educate students about recycling.

CSIRO and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade have launched a new $1.3 million partnership to work with Indonesia to tackle plastic pollution in the Indo-Pacific.

A pledge by nations including Australia to establish a global treaty to end plastic pollution marks a major milestone, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia.

PKN speaks to founder of Biopak Richard Fine, who was named APCO’s Sustainability Champion for 2021 for his groundbreaking work addressing food packaging waste and food waste.