South Australia recorded Australia's highest commercial waste recovery rate in 2022–23, recovering 73.7 per cent of business waste, according to an analysis of national waste data by Intertek Inform.

A decade of technical development has culminated in a commercial-scale trial that is converting mixed polymer post-consumer soft plastics into durable construction products.

Replacing plastic is no longer the end goal for fibre packaging. At foodpro's Innovation Stage, panellists argued the next generation of fibre solutions will be defined by systems thinking – balancing product protection, automation, recyclability and commercial reality.

Amcor has won Gold and Silver awards at the 2026 Sustainability and Impact Awards in the UK, with recognition for its polypropylene recycling technology and refillable packaging for the beauty sector.

A free cardboard and paper drop-off service has opened at Opal Paper & Recycling’s Botany Mill in Matraville, giving locals an easy way to recycle used cardboard packaging and paper.

WWF-Australia says around 12 million single-use plastic cups could be kept out of landfill and waterways each year if Australia's largest sporting stadiums switched to reusable cup systems.

BioPak is partnering with restoration platform veritree to fund almost 60,000 verified trees over the next 18 months, supporting ecosystem restoration projects in British Columbia, Canada, and Tanzania.

Six in 10 consumers say recyclable packaging would make them more likely to buy nut products, according to an Amcor study of 2041 shoppers across Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK.

Victorians can donate their 10-cent CDS refunds to Foodbank Victoria until mid-October, with every five eligible drink containers donated helping create one meal for people experiencing food insecurity.

NSW councils can apply for the Return and Earn bin baskets program, which aims to increase the collection of eligible drink containers from public spaces and reduce the number sent to landfill.

An AIP State of Industry webinar saw Circular Analytics representatives Lina Wimmer and Manfred Tucker cover new EU packaging compliance requirements under the PPWR.

The Australasian Institute of Packaging has partnered with Packaging Cockpit to bring packaging specification management software to Australia, New Zealand and parts of Southeast Asia.

A new NSW initiative aims to help councils become a major market for Australian-made products containing recycled soft plastics, a vital link in rebuilding the country's soft plastics recycling system.

Reuse systems provider Cercle has acquired Replated, Betizen and Ruzi, bringing together product design, technology, logistics and operational expertise under a single brand.

Amcor is advising beverage producers to reassess their choice of closures as reuse systems and deposit return schemes expand ahead of requirements under the EU’s PPWR.

Swedish packaging materials manufacturer Scanfill has commercially launched a food-contact approved post-consumer recycled polypropylene film, the first available at commercial scale.