Sustainability

Amcor has unveiled a new high-barrier, recyclable and PVDC-free LifeSpan Performance Paper – the first product to be launched on the AmFiber global paper platform.

The importance of reuse and how businesses and users can benefit from reusable packaging models is the focus of Scaling Up Reusable Packaging, a new resource from APCO.

Rosnay Organic Wines has discontinued its use of plastic pallet wrap for local and global shipping, and moved to a Biogone landfill-biodegradable option instead.

Victorian startup Great Wrap has received an AMGC grant of more than $500,000, which will fund the commercialisation and manufacture of its certified compostable stretch wrap at a national scale.

Remondis Australia will be managing the logistics of a new product stewardship scheme for large plastic bag recycling, at a time when 40,000 garbage truck loads of large bags are going to landfill each year.

There’s a new kid on the tube block by the name of Bruce. PKN finds out more about this breakthrough tube containing 40 per cent rHDPE from Impact International’s MD Aleks Lajovic.

Flint Group, including all business units within its Packaging and its Commercial Publication & Web divisions, has achieved a Silver status from business sustainability ratings provider EcoVadis.

Global FMCG giant Unilever believes that overall, the plastic waste problem is getting worse and efforts aren’t keeping pace, and says we need a UN treaty to truly tackle the issue.

Schneider Electric has reached a new record by being listed for the 11th year in a row on the 2021 Dow Jones Sustainability Index, reflecting the company’s repeated progress and achievements in the space.

Nine single-use plastic items have been phased out in WA as of 1 January, with plastic bowls, cups, plates, cutlery, stirrers, straws, food containers, thick plastic bags and helium balloons banned in the state.

Tasmanian-based Cadbury Australia is trialling a recycled soft plastic packaging breakthrough to wrap 50 million family-sized chocolate blocks.

In the four years since its establishment, container deposit scheme Return and Earn has seen 650 billion containers returned for recycling through its network of collection points in NSW.

As the packaging industry works towards aligning to the circular economy, PKN takes a closer look at how Planet Ark is helping.

Suntory Group has produced a prototype PET bottle made from 100% plant-based materials for its Orangina and Suntory Tennensui bottled mineral water brands in Europe and Japan.

A new circular economy metrics platform launched by NSW Circular will help councils, precincts, industry and communities track their transition to zero waste.

A new SAI Global report has revealed that sustainability will be a major focus of Australia’s post-pandemic recovery, and all businesses will be looking to their suppliers to reduce their environmental footprint.