PLAY PKN: Video News Bulletin 2 July

In the news this week: Plastic Free July, Fed Govt plastic waste export ban, Pact Group, Cleanaway, Coles Group, Vic govt glass recycling boost, Packaging Forum NZ, Foodpro, PacPrint. 

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Food & Drink Business

Toll Group has launched the next stage of its $67 million investment in sustainable transport solutions across Australia, deploying 12 Volvo FE battery electric rigid trucks to replace existing diesel vehicles in Coca-Cola Europacific Partners’ national delivery network.

The Victorian government has granted approval to potato produce manufacturer, Farm Frites, to build its first Australian production facility in Dooen, in Victoria’s Wimmera district. Farm Frites announced its plans in March this year.

As the US contends with its government threatening to deny food stamps to its most vulnerable, the latest Foodbank Hunger Report shows little is being done in Australia on a political level to actively address and reduce food insecurity faced by one in three – 3.5 million – households.