Leading consumer electronics and home appliances retailers and brands join forces to drive greater support and participation in sustainable solutions across the industry supply chain.

Milklab has partnered with saveBoard to transform recycled waste, including long-life milk cartons, into low-carbon building materials to be used as the walls of Milklab Lane.

With a focus on food waste transformation, sustainable packaging innovation, and the circular economy, Turning the Dial returns on 30 May in Perth.

Orora's Jarbot Reusable Packaging System has been named the winner in the Overall Packaging System Category at the Sustainable Packaging Coalition Innovator Awards for 2024.

Air New Zealand has trialled the removal of single-use cups on six domestic flights to explore how the airline can deliver hot drinks without the waste.

Visy says it has achieved an average of 63% recycled glass in its packaging across the ANZ region (this FY to date). The achievement represents a 5% increase compared to the 2023 financial year.

The inaugural Circular Economy Market Report by the Victorian government is, it says, a critical step towards the state’s transition to a more circular economy.

New research from CSIRO and the University of Toronto in Canada, estimates up to 11 million tonnes of plastic pollution is sitting on the ocean floor.

The AIP and sustainability software company Empauer have joined forces to offer what it says is a cost effective LCA Decision Package for small to medium enterprises in Australia, New Zealand and Asia.

Dow and P&G have entered a JDA to create a new recycling technology, aimed at the efficient conversion of hard-to-recycle plastic packaging into recycled PE with near-virgin quality.

TerraCycle is celebrating a decade of recycling hard-to-recycle waste streams in ANZ since starting locally in 2014, and keeping nearly 100 million items out of landfills and incinerators in the region.

Saveboard has recently taken used Tetra Pak and Sig Group cartons from Escape Coffee Roasters in New Zealand, and turned them into part of the building interior.

Non-compostable coffee cups will be banned throughout Western Australia in the state’s latest step away from single-use plastics and lids.

Pilot Pen Australia has released the preliminary results of its national refilling survey and trial of an Eco Pack of recycled pens, each in a paper pouch with three easy-to-grab refills.

A six-week trial for soft plastic recycling collections is currently underway in 12 Melbourne supermarkets, initiated by The Soft Plastics Taskforce. Close the Loop is one of the supporting recycling partners.

Secos Group, producer of MyEcoBag, has been successful in a joint industry-university bid to secure $40m in funds from the federal government to establish the CRC aimed at solving plastic waste.