Nestlé UK is switching its Smarties chocolate bar to a recyclable paper wrapper, moving away from the film wrappers of the past as the company continues its drive towards more eco-friendly packaging.

Carton, glass, and can behemoth Visy achieved record growth in August, driven it says by consumers switching from plastic packaging to carton, aluminium, and glass.

PREP Design, with O F Packaging, has developed a system to recycle some semi-rigid plastics through the kerbside recycling stream.

Engineering firm Agito Group has appointed Emma Townsend as its new CEO; this follows Townsend’s appointment as general manager in April 2018.

Scott Morrison named food and beverage manufacturing and recycling as two of six priority areas for support in a $1.5bn manufacturing plan outlined in a pre-budget address.

Software company Persequor has joined GS1 Australia as a strategic alliance partner, with Ron Volpe, a former Coles general manager, spearheading the move.

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Thankyou Group has launched its audacious #thankyoutotheworld plan, inviting P&G and Unilever to help reduce global poverty.

Woolworths has launched a recyclable paper meat tray across a selection of its Own Brand beef nationally in the first step in a plan to make all Woolworths’ Own Brand red meat trays recyclable.

The organisations behind the Australasian Recycling Label this week celebrated the label’s second anniversary and they are on the search for the 500th member.

Online packaging platform Packform has partnered with Footprint, a US-based material science engineering company that develops and manufactures plant-based materials for packaging.

The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) will be moving its 2020 AIP Australasian Packaging Conference to a virtual edition from 27 to 30 October.

PKN Packaging News and Food & Drink Business will host the third Women in Packaging Forum as a virtual event, in partnership with AIP, during the 2020 Australasian Packaging Conference in October.

Australian brand owner Natures Organics is launching Cove, a range of cleaning products that use reusable and refillable packaging. The range is packaged in reusable aluminium bottles, replenished with recyclable pouches.

Opal, along with other large industrial users of gas, said it welcomed the government’s commitment to restore Australia’s domestic gas supply and market pricing to globally competitive conditions.

A survey of senior leaders in Sydney demonstrates strong support for the economic and health response to Covid-19 by NSW government, but flags concern about the broader impact of the pandemic.