The ACCC has given conditional authorisation to Aldi, Coles and Woolworths to collaborate on a soft plastics taskforce to explore solutions to address the impact of REDcycle’s suspension.

The intense media scrutiny surrounding the pausing of the REDcycle collection scheme has shone the spotlight on a system in urgent need of overhaul and served as catalyst for high level discussions with stakeholders across the value chain. PKN caught up with APCO CEO Chris Foley for an update.

Amcor has released its 2022 Sustainability Report showing its progress against key metrics along with an enhanced target to achieve 30% recycled content across its portfolio by the end of the decade.

Packaging machinery OEM HMPS has purchased the IP of Andrew Donald Design Engineering (ADDE) as the automation systems designer shuts up shop after nearly three decades in business .

Nina Nguyen, founder and CEO of Australian cardboard manufacturing company Pakko, has won the Multicultural Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the Lord Mayor’s Multicultural Awards for Business.

In the wake of the announcement of the suspension of soft plastics recycling program REDcycle, the packaging industry has been highly vocal in its support for founder Liz Kasell and REDcycle, as stakeholders work to find solutions to the crisis. In an exclusive interview PKN spoke to Kasell and asked key industry players to weigh in.

Digitally printed packaging producer ePac has connected its production in its burgeoning number of plants around the world together, with a new cloud-based system, ePacOne.

The first Print21+PKN LIVE event for three years saw a succession of brand owners and print service providers step up to share how their innovative use of digitally printed packaging is driving sales growth.

At the 2022 APCO Annual Awards held in Sydney last night, Arnott's Group took out the top industry prize, and Fonterra's Sarah Bayliss was awarded Sustainability Champion of the Year. A total of 28 organisations were recognised for sustainable packaging achievements.

Ahead of its annual awards ceremony tonight, APCO has announced the winners of its 11 Industry Sector Awards, which celebrate industry leadership and innovation in sustainable packaging design.

Pact Group has won a major sustainable project award for bringing Australia’s biggest and most advanced PET plastic recycling facility to life in just 370 days.

As news broke in the mainstream media about the suspension of the REDcycle program, which ran its collection points in Coles and Woolworths, PKN spoke to industry players to gauge the temperature in the room.

Packaging giant Amcor saw its Australian flexibles business achieve “strong growth” in the first quarter of the new financial year, as the company achieved positive results all round, bar China.

Local startup Samsara Eco has raised $54 million in a Series A funding to scale infinite recycling, and plans to build its first plastic recycling facility and roll out its enzymatically-recycled packaging in Woolworths stores in 2023.

With one week to go, the Print21+PKN LIVE event, which will see brands, designers and printers come together to understand opportunities in digitally printed packaging, has confirmed the panel.

In an Australian first, plastics food packaging manufacturer Genfac Plastics has become the inaugural APCO signatory to emboss the ARL logo on its take-away food packaging range.