Tomra and Plastretur are set to transform Norway’s recycling with the opening of their new national facility, which aims to process approximately 80% of the country’s plastic packaging waste by 2030.

Pharmacycle says it has recycled 100 million blister packs since launching its national program in July 2022, diverting more than 150 tonnes of waste from landfill.

Victorian councils are trialling public place bin baskets through the state’s Container Deposit Scheme (CDS Vic), aiming to make recycling more accessible and reduce litter.

APCO and the Coalition for Sustainable Solutions have partnered to address the challenge of expanded polystyrene (EPS) used in electronics and appliance packaging.

Amcor has released its FY25 Sustainability Report outlining circular packaging advances, such as 96% of its flexible packaging by area having achieved recycle-ready options by June 2025.

Australia is standing on a “wasted opportunity”, says UNSW Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla, calling for a radical reimagining of waste not as a burden to be managed, but as a valuable feedstock for local manufacturing, jobs, and innovation.

In the wake of the release of a white paper on pressure-sensitive labels, PKN asked Pankaj Bhardwaj of Avery Dennison Materials Group what the findings reveal about the packaging industry’s progress towards circularity.

Sustainability Victoria is marking two decades as the state’s lead agency for waste reduction, recycling, and emissions management, supporting sustainability projects and industry innovation.

Pact Packaging New Zealand has been named on the NEXT List for the 2025 Sustainable Business Awards in the Transformative Leadership category.

​​Amcor’s CleanStream recycling technology has been recognised with a Luxe Pack Green Award in the CSR Initiative category at Luxe Pack in Monaco.

The upcoming Circular Economy Symposium, themed Messaging Sustainability in a Circular Economy, will bring together government leaders, regulators, industry experts and communication specialists to examine environmental claims.

Sustainability Victoria has launched the Market Accelerator program, offering grants to help businesses bring recycled material innovations to market.

Monash University researchers have developed natural plastic films made from food waste sugars that could offer compostable alternatives to petroleum-based packaging.

Global reuse platform Loop’s partnership with Carrefour has established reuse at commercial scale in France, proving the model can work across categories. Can Australian retailers follow suit?

New Zealand supermarket retailer New World has started trialling a Bonson Packaging's returnable container system in two of its stores, in a bid to reduce single-use packaging and landfill waste.

Samsara Eco has appointed Dr Lars Kissau as GM Asia to lead the company’s regional expansion and oversee the build of its first 20,000T commercial nylon 6,6 plant, scheduled to open in 2028.