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.

Return and Earn has reached a major new milestone, celebrating 11 billion bottles, cans and cartons returned through the return point network for recycling in NSW since the scheme began in 2017.

Territory Pharmacy has launched the first free, territory-wide blister packs recycling program in the Northern Territory, in partnership with recycling company TerraCycle.

Amcor has been included in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2024, placing the global leader in packaging solutions among the top eight per cent of S&P-assessed companies in 2023.

Containers for Change has launched its new pick-up on-demand collection service for WA, which will allow the state to return their 10c containers easily and conveniently.

Sustainability was a strong theme at the annual Active & Intelligent Packaging Association congress in Amsterdam. Andrew Manly, who will be speaking at APPEX on Day One during the IPPO Forum, filed this report.

Consumers are becoming more aware of the environmental impact of their choices and are calling for brands and businesses to take responsibility. PKN takes a look at how Simply Cups gives cups a second life.

In an industry-first, Australia’s leading privately owned plastic raw material supplier, Martogg, has developed a local sustainable solution for a broad range of rigid polypropylene packaging.

UK supermarket Tesco is rolling out a range of beige toilet roll and kitchen towel made from a minimum of 70 per cent used cardboard, with the remainder of the pulp from other recycled paper sources.

Ahead of Easter, Cadbury Australia is making reductions to the amount of plastic and cardboard used in its packaging for Hollow Hunting Eggs and Easter Gift Boxes sold in Australia and New Zealand.

Sanofi’s Consumer Healthcare business has joined PA Consulting and PulPac in the Blister Pack Collective. This follows Sanofi CHC first joining PA and PulPac’s Bottle Collective back in April 2023.

The AIP is joining forces with sustainability software company Empauer, to offer a comprehensive and cost effective life cycle assessment decision package for small to medium enterprises.

An Australian led international team of researchers says it has developed a way of using PE waste as a feedstock and converted it into valuable chemicals, via light-driven photocatalysis.

Dairy producer Fonterra has introduced 'Naked Mozz', a mozzarella wrapped in only basic plastic wrap, a move the company says will spare 330 tonnes of cardboard each year.

A new study with senior executives who work for fashion brands and retailers in the UK, US and Australia, by Aquapak Polymers, show that most expect their business to be "fully circular" within four years.

Join SPE-ANZ members and other industry professionals for a tour of what is claimed to be Australia’s largest end-to-end plastics recycling facility, Circular Plastics Australia (PE) in Laverton North, Victoria.