The NSW EPA conducted unannounced inspections of 10 industrial sites across Sydney in October, targeting plastic feedstock storage and possible microplastic pollution.

Stakeholders from Melbourne’s venues, events, and precincts met recently for a ‘ReUsables Roundtable’ to explore scalable reuse systems for cups and containers.

During the Sustainable Packaging Summit last week in Utrecht, the winners of the global Sustainability Awards 2025 – dubbed the “Nobel prize” for sustainable packaging innovation – were revealed.

The Sustainable Packaging Summit took place in Utrecht last week. Zaidee Jackson, national BDM Sustainable Packaging at Ball & Doggett, shares her key take-outs and what they mean for the Australian industry.

A feasibility study at Opal’s Maryvale Paper Mill will examine the potential to capture and reuse biogenic carbon dioxide to produce e-methanol, a low-carbon fuel alternative.

New research commissioned by Planet Ark and released to coincide with National Recycling Week, shows most Australians want greater action on soft plastics recycling.

Recycling small cartons can make a big impact. By returning beverage cartons through container deposit schemes, Australians can help keep valuable materials in use while supporting our recycling system, writes Planet Ark's Liam Taylor.

Recycled soft plastics from iQRenew’s NSW processing facility are finding new life in durable, Australian-made products through Rawspec, a new brand launched by Holloway Group.

The World Packaging Organisation (WPO) will represent the global packaging community at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), to be held from 10 to 21 November in Belém, Brazil.

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.