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Nespresso has partnered with Australia Post in a move which will extend the coffee company's recycling program to those living in rural areas.

By using a special post satchel ordered online, consumers from anywhere in Australia can now mail their used aluminium capsules back to Nespresso through the post-back program.

The capsules are sent to a specialist recycling plant where equipment separates the recyclable aluminium from the used coffee grounds.

The grounds are then sent to make compost, and the aluminium from the used capsules is bailed and sent back into the aluminium industry to manufacture new products.

Food & Drink Business

Three weeks after its official opening, the $17.14 million Central Coast Food Manufacturing Innovation Hub at Ourimbah is preparing to welcome its first tenants. Food & Drink Business toured the facility to see the production spaces, pilot plant, and training programs designed to grow the region’s $2 billion food and beverage manufacturing sector.

Reploid Group is expanding into Oceania, with the launch of a new sales company in New Zealand. Reploid builds modular plants that use insect larvae to repurpose food waste, having the potential to fill the gap left by Goterra’s collapse into voluntary administration earlier this year.

Welcome to the July edition of PLAY, your monthly wrap-up of the biggest stories shaping Australia's food and beverage manufacturing industry. This month we're looking at court action, a major take-private deal, alleged tomato provenance fraud, new leadership and investment in manufacturing capability. Let's get into it.