Oji Fibre Solutions (OjiFS), has introduced a recoverability message on pallet flags to help its B2B customers to correctly dispose of the packaging that is used to transport their product.

In a new report, the Boomerang Alliance is calling for Australia to rapidly increase its use of reusable packaging to reduce plastic pollution and carbon emissions.

Blister pack recycling initiative, Pharmacycle, is gaining momentum on the back of successful trials and interest generated from ABC’s War on Waste series. PKN speaks to Pharmacycle's Jason Rijnbeek.

In the lead up to PCEC 2023, PKN speaks to One Planet Consulting’s Helen Millicer about the current state of plastic packaging circularity, and what visitors can expect to learn at the event.

In Europe, a trio of companies are set to trial a digital deposit return scheme for recycling plastic jugs in kerbside bins, according to the Society of Plastics Engineers.

Ahead of the Plastics and the Circular Economy Conference, PKN speaks to keynote presenter, WWF-Australia’s Kate Noble, about the need for a stronger focus on circularity in the packaging supply chain.

The highly anticipated Plastics and the Circular Economy Conference 2023 will run from 9 to 12 October, both online and in-person, at the Rydges CBD hotel in Melbourne.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is partnering with PepsiCo, Unilever and Danone to develop a vision for scalable returnable packaging systems.

A collaboration between Neste, Eneos, Suntory, and Mitsubishi Corporation plans to produce PET resin from biomass, which will be used to manufacture bio-based bottles next year.

Krones’ ShoulderFlex bottle has won a German Packaging Prize in the sustainability category, with the product’s extremely low weight – at just 5.9 grams – the deciding factor for this year’s jury.

A Select Committee of the Legislative Council has been established to inquire into, and report on, the recycling of soft plastics and other recyclable material in South Australia.

PKN speaks to two forward-thinking creatives, packaging technologist Iain Blair and graphic designer Grant Davies, from award-winning packaging design studio, Birdstone Collective.

Sadleirs Packaging is launching a fully recyclable, 100 per cent polypropylene FIBC with 30 per cent recycled content, for the first time in Australia.

Australian tea producer, Madura Tea, has switched all of its packaging materials that were previously based on metalised OPP to flexible packaging paper from Gundlach Packaging and Koehler.

Tomra Cleanaway has installed Victoria’s first refund point under the state’s new container deposit scheme (CDS), located at Foodworks in Buninyong and operational from 1 November 2023.

The Broadford Mill has introduced an angle board used to protect pallet and carton edges made entirely from recycled paper waste, processed on site at its Victoria facility.