Victoria’s plastic bag ban comes into force tomorrow, with thousands of retailers already having made the switch ahead of the deadline.

Iced tea franchise Chatime will eliminate single-use plastic from all 125 of its national locations by next year. Dubbed “Project Happy Turtle”, the scheme will see Chatime move from plastic to paper straws; introduce compostable cups and lids from BioPak; and sell reusable cups across the entire chain.

Sustainability has become a topic that no one can or should ignore. But this is not a new issue. From a packaging perspective, there has long been a drive to design and introduce materials and structures that are kinder to our planet, writes Stephen Marshman, business development director, SGK.

Tetra Pak has won the Product Footprinting Award at the Carbon Trust’s annual Corporate Sustainability Summit, in recognition of its role in reducing the carbon impact of its customers’ packaging.

Coca-Cola Amatil’s carbonated soft drink bottle made from 100 per cent recycled plastic has earned the company a finalist position in the 2019 Waste Management and Resource Recovery Awards.

KHS has unveiled what it says is the world’s first recyclable juice bottle made of 100 per cent recycled PET.

The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) has hosted Australia’s first single use plastic workshop in Adelaide, with more than 70 participants in attendance.

Unilever has set itself ambitious new environmental targets; the global consumer goods company says that by 2025 it will eliminate 100,000 tonnes of plastic packaging, and will collect and process more plastic packaging than it sells.

Coca-Cola Amatil has opened a high-tech bottling line in Indonesia which will cut its plastics use by 1000 tonnes a year.

Coca-Cola has unveiled the world’s first bottle made from recycled plastics pulled out of the ocean.

A Coles store in Sydney will be the first to trial sending zero waste to landfill, as it aims to prevent the equivalent of six and a half trolleys going ito the tip each day.

Amcor has joined a partnership to pilot single-stream kerbside recycling of flexible plastics.

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is partnering with Just Water to eliminate plastic water bottles across its entire fleet by next year.

Seeking to help create a world without plastic waste, the ambitious founders of recycling startup rPlanet Earth have invested in a massive PET recycling line from Krones.

McDonald’s has shared what it learned from a 10-day experiment to introduce more sustainable packaging options at one of its German restaurants.

The days of pilfering tiny bottles of shampoo and body wash from your hotel room may be coming to an end, with global chain Marriott International planning to replace most of its single-use toiletry bottles worldwide.