As national BDM Sustainable Packaging at Ball & Doggett, Zaidee Jackson is focused on developing sustainable solutions for Australian brands. Lindy Hughson sat down with this industry advocate.

A panel discussion with leaders of peak industry bodies at the recent Australian Institute of Packaging's '2025 and beyond’ conference, saw robust discussion on the packaging targets and next steps.

Further to the November 2022 interim authorisation, the ACCC has proposed to give the major supermarkets a further 12 months to manage the soft plastics stockpile and resume in-store collections.

Amcor has entered into joint research agreement with Lift-Off recipient, Nfinite Nanotechnology, which aims to leverage nanotechnology barriers, enabling recyclable and compostable packaging.

Woolworths Group has won the coveted Gold Award at the 34th Banksia National Sustainability Awards – Australia’s longest running and prestigious sustainability awards.

Sustainable Packaging Design attracted the most entries and were presented in five categories: Recycled Content, Labelling, Mono Materials, Renewable Materials, Compostables.

Mars Wrigley has partnered with leading supermarket Coles to trial new sustainable off-location displays made from ocean-bound plastic.

Australian sustainable packaging solutions company BioPak has gained certification for its Aqueous coffee cups as home compostable to Australian standards (AS5810).

Packaging solutions company Amcor has been recognised for its strong commitment to sustainability with an ‘AA’ rating in the MSCI Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating.

McDonald’s Corporation has pledged to evaluate and report on the opportunities and risks posed by switching to reusable packaging, after being spurred into action by advocacy group As You Sow.

The federal and Queensland Labor governments have announced the first three projects to be funded under the $40 million Queensland Recycling Modernisation Fund.

Sealed Air has collaborated with APR Plastics to successfully trial advanced recycling for the processing of its new Cryovac barrier shrink bag – R90, a sustainable retail packaging solution for fresh meats.

Woolworths has introduced a new range of reusable bags, made from 70 per cent recyclable materials, designed to celebrate and support Australian communities, including designs by Indigenous artists.

The NSW Container Deposit Scheme has reached a new recycling milestone, with nine billion bottles, cans and drink cartons returned by the community through the Return and Earn return point network.

The Wonder Recycling Rewards program, now in its third year, has is partnering with APR Plastics which will use the soft plastics collected via schools in advanced chemical recycling trials.

Penrith, NSW, is the first place in Australia to get a road partially constructed from recycled coffee cups, collected via the Simply Cups program that is run by Closed Loop Environmental Solutions.