Taghleef Industries' BOPP high barrier four-side sealed sachet is a Packaging Europe Sustainability Awards 2022 winner in the Recyclable Packaging category for Pre-Commercialised Innovation.

Victoria University researchers have developed prototypes of compostable packaging made from vegetable waste, which with the right investment could provide a future circular solution.

At the 2022 APCO Annual Awards, CHEP’s sustainable efforts were recognised, taking out the Logistics and Warehousing Industry Sector Award for the fifth consecutive year.

World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia has hailed as a breakthrough Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek's decision for Australia to join the High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution by 2040 .

The SPE Annual Plastics and Circular Economy Conference returns for 2022 on 22-23 November in Melbourne, bringing industry together to see into the dynamic future of Australasia’s plastics supply chain.

CurbCycle is a Banksia Foundation 2022 Sustainability Award winner in the Circular Transition category for its CurbyIt recycling program, which enables soft plastics recycling through kerbside collection.

Returning to Melbourne for the first time in three years, Waste Expo Australia delivered an exciting two-day event with insights into the nation’s waste and recycling sector.

Australian Christian Resources (ACR) has partnered with sustainable packaging experts and B-Corporation BioPak to design and produce the world’s first certified home compostable communion cup.

Aussie startup Zero Co has kicked off its 100yr Cleanup movement, by building the world’s largest plastic waste pyramid in the Egyptian desert, using rubbish collected from the Nile River.

The joy of the plastics and rubber industry at finally being able to exchange ideas in person on a global level again after three years characterised K 2022 Dusseldorf.

Additional single-use plastic items have been banned in NSW as communities and businesses embrace a massive shift away from problematic plastics.

BioPak has been awarded the 2022 Excellence in Emissions Reduction through Product Stewardship for Compost Connect, its not-for-profit initiative and national composting network.

The Vic government will boost recycling in the state with funding to help create new commercial opportunities for recycled products, as well as to help improve the recycling in regional Victoria.

A survey commissioned by Hero Packaging has revealed that close to 80 per cent of business owners are motivated to address sustainability concerns as it aligns with their core business goals and values.

Remondis Australia is now operating a $2.5 million baling facility in Western Sydney, with baled material to be transferred to Visy, Opal and offshore for recycling into other cardboard products

Maroondah City Council has been confirmed as the first council that will supply municipal solid waste to the Maryvale Energy from Waste (EfW) facility to be built in Latrobe Valley, Victoria.