Sustainability

Compostable drink cups from BioPak featured in the ABC’s War on Waste program on Tuesday night as a method for reducing waste to landfill.

Coles says it will continue to hand out thicker plastic bags at its checkouts for free indefinitely to help ease the customer transition to reusable bags.

Plastics company LyondellBasell has announced plans to drive chemical recycling of plastic materials forward.

Frucor Suntory will start using recycled plastic from Australia and New Zealand for its water, juice and carbonated soft drink bottles.

New Zealand-based milk producer Lewis Road Creamery has moved to 100 percent recycled PET bottles from Pact Group subsidiary Alto Packaging.

Coles continues to trumpet its moves towards sustainability on the back of the contentious plastic bag ban – and criticism of its new Little Shop promotion.

The NSW EPA has been named official partner of the Speaker Series program at this year’s Australasian Waste & Recycling Expo.

A paperboard alternative to plastic, foam, and PE-coated food packaging has been recognised for its sustainability credentials.

A new joint initiative by CIBO Espresso and Simply Cups will aim to change how Adelaideans deal with their coffee cup waste.

FMCG companies may need to re-think their packaging in light of the China recycling ban announced earlier this year.

Australian consumers are more concerned about plastic waste than ever before, according to panellists at a seminar dedicated to discussing change in consumer packaged goods.

Café patrons in Perth will be encouraged to compost their disposable coffee cups as part of a national composting service launched by BioPak.

Two Melbourne entrepreneurs have launched a start-up supplying landfill biodegradable plastic packaging.

Consumers are speaking out against over-packaging in supermarkets in the wake of the plastic bag ban.

The APCO is shining a torch on Australian businesses that are failing to meet their sustainable packaging obligations.

Woolworths farewelled the single-use plastic bag across its outlets yesterday.