While many manufacturers, retailers and brand owners are rising to the challenge to meet our 2025 National Packaging Targets, too many are not. Pact CEO Sanjay Dayal says we need stricter regulation.

Visy is seeking to close the loop for mixed paper recycling in Queensland with the completion of the $48 million upgrade to its recycling and remanufacturing facility on Gibson Island.

Amcor, Delterra, Mars and Procter & Gamble have launched a strategic partnership to stem the tide of plastic pollution in the Global South, working together to scale solutions for a circular plastics economy.

Australia’s largest distributor of printable materials and consumables aims to drive the conversation for sustainable packaging with its new online educational resource, ecoporium by Ball & Doggett.

Antares Vision Group has joined Result Group as the new technology partner for all of its traceability project activity, with the newly launched Uno 3 intelligent packaging campaign for Hungry Jacks marking the first collaboration project.

The removal of plastic openings for some Coles Brand tissue boxes is the supermarket’s latest move to reduce unnecessary and problematic plastic packaging from its shelves.

The ANZPAC Plastics Pact has released its first Impact Report, which provides a crucial look at how the region is progressing towards the development of a circular economy for plastic.

The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) and not-for-profit standards organisation, GS1 Australia, have collaborated to assist APCO members with annual sustainability reporting.

On 1 June, the much anticipated launch of the Ecoporium by Ball & Doggett sustainable packaging platform will take place at an in-person event held at the Melbourne Museum, with livestream available.

Sustainable packaging solutions manufacturer Amcor has acquired Moda Systems, a manufacturer of state-of-the-art, automated protein packaging machines. Amcor said on 2 June that the deal has gone through.

A partnership between Clean Vibes and Aboriginal not-for-profit KARI Foundation has resulted in over $30,000 raised for the charity through container recycling at major NSW events and festivals.

Global food and beverage processing and packaging company Tetra Pak has appointed Boris Munster as MD of its Oceania business, as former MD Andrew Pooch retires after 35 years of service.

Coles says it has committed to phase out soft-plastic shopping bags in-store and online by the end of next month, as the supermarket aims to reduce unnecessary plastic packaging at the checkout.

At a general meeting held during interpack this week, the International Packaging Press Organisation (IPPO) announced its new president and executive board for the 2023-26 term.

Jim Chalmers' first budget has only a modicum of support for businesses, with the federal treasurer spending the extra tax revenue business has delivered on welfare, aged care and mass energy relief.

ePac Flexible Packaging has launched its in-house design services to support brands of all sizes to optimise packaging design and branding.