Packaging, labelling & coding > Consumables

Make plastic packaging less confusing, scientists warn

19 March, 2024

If you want people to recycle compostable plastics appropriately, they need more help understanding how to do it.


Paper packaging for potatoes bags an APPMA award

15 March, 2024

South Australian packaging company Detpak received the APPMA Packaging Design Innovation Award for its Kerbside Recyclable Paper Bag for fresh potatoes.


Packaging industry webinar series commences 24 April

15 March, 2024

The AIP State of Industry Update webinar series will provide details pertaining to important packaging-related topics such as mandating packaging design standards.


Cadbury hunts out some savings with its Easter egg packaging

13 March, 2024

Cadbury Australia is changing its Easter packaging to achieve savings in plastic and cardboard from some chocolate eggs sold in Australia and New Zealand.


The Arnott's Group supports research to boost recycled packaging

13 March, 2024

The Arnott's Group is supporting a research partnership to help progress novel technologies that address the plastic packaging challenges facing the food and beverage industry.


PET bottle life cycle and NIR heating technology

11 March, 2024

More than 500 billion PET bottles are used globally to pack different products, and now there's a global trend to switch to rPET — how can NIR help?


Chadwicks to showcase sustainable lidding solutions at APPEX

04 March, 2024

Chadwicks is set to showcase its latest sustainable lidding solutions at APPEX in Melbourne from 12–15 March.


Improving the shelf life of mushrooms

28 February, 2024

Customised modified atmosphere packaging films have been developed to preserve fresh whole and sliced white mushrooms and whole exotic mushrooms.


AIP and Empauer partner on LCA Decision Package for SMEs

20 February, 2024

The AIP has joined with sustainability software company Empauer to provide a Life Cycle Assessment Decision Package tailored for small to medium enterprises.


Clear and consistent allergen labelling

12 February, 2024

The three-year transition period for food businesses to implement plain English allergen labelling ends on 25 February 2024.


Why aren't more companies using sustainable food packaging?

08 February, 2024

For the food industry, the search for suitable, affordable solutions that increase the sustainability of packaging can be a difficult exercise requiring a high level of expertise.


Jet Technologies partners with Actega to advance sustainable packaging

30 January, 2024

Jet Technologies has announced a new partnership with Actega to help advance sustainable packaging solutions for the Australian and New Zealand market.


Corking research: popping a champagne cork

29 January, 2024

Researchers have resolved the complex gas dynamics that occur upon opening a champagne bottle and these dynamics' interaction with the bottle's cork stopper.


Upfield creates paper tub for its plant butters and spreads

22 January, 2024

After four years of development, Upfield, in collaboration with Footprint, has created an oil-proof, plastic-free, recyclable paper packaging solution.


The politics of labelling plant-based proteins

18 January, 2024

QUT researchers have studied the politics of alternative proteins in Australia as lawmakers grapple with notions of competition, definitions and labelling.


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