• Grants to help SMEs in Victoria keep packaging waste out of landfills are now available.
    Grants to help SMEs in Victoria keep packaging waste out of landfills are now available.
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The past two months have seen many developments in the sustainability space. The November/December issue includes a roundup of these innovations.

Determining how sustainable an item of packaging is requires much more than looking at its recyclability. While recycling is an important piece of the sustainability puzzle, it is certainly not the only one. Tetra Pak commissioned a market-first comparative lifecycle assessment of food and beverage packaging in Australasia, and its findings may surprise some.

Food & Drink Business

Ingredients company, Hawkins Watts says its acquisition of Queensland-based flavour and ingredient distributor, Taste Rite Agencies, will create growth opportunities and streamlined operations. Taste Rite began in 1995 and more recently has been working as a sub-distributor for Hawkins Watts.

Beston Global Food Company and its subsidiary, Beston Pure Dairies, will undergo “an orderly wind down with milk production operations to cease from 6th December 2024”, its voluntary administrator, KPMG announced on 26 November.

Marketing and communications agency, Bastion, has created a new branch of the business focused on the beverage sector, with a goal to enhance brand experiences, particularly at major events.