Recycling rate continues to rise
12 March, 2013The Australian Packaging Covenant (APC) has announced that the overall recycling rate for post-consumer packaging in Australia is 63.8% for 2012.
Say cheese: ADCELLPACK develops cellulose-based MAP
11 March, 2013In order to increase the amount of bio-based food packaging materials, the European ADCELLPACK consortium is developing a thermoplastic wood-fibre-based packaging material for trays used primarily in packages of sliced cheese.
Drink container recycling rates on the increase
11 March, 2013New data released by the AFGC shows that Australia’s drink container recycling rates are continuing to rise, with an extra 42,284 tonnes recycled in 2011-12 compared with the previous year.
Marketing and sustainable packaging round table
26 February, 2013RMIT University and the Sustainable Packaging Alliance will host a one-day round table to explore the marketing advantages of packaging for sustainability.
Milk just got lighter: world’s lightest HDPE milk bottle created
25 February, 2013UK plastic milk bottle producer Nampak claims to have created the world’s lightest four-pint high density polyethylene (HDPE) bottle, weighing just 32 grams.
Save energy through lighting management
25 February, 2013 | Supplied by: Energy ActionEnergy is a significant controllable cost for every manufacturing business and the more energy you save in your business, the more profitable you can be.
Nestlé announces sustainable Smarties
21 February, 2013Nestlé Australia has announced that every chocolate it sells is now independently certified to ensure the cocoa is sourced and produced sustainably on farms with safe working conditions.
AFGC criticises Greenpeace CDS action
20 February, 2013The AFGC has criticised Greenpeace’s recent activism at CCA’s Sydney headquarters, calling it “yet another example of the environmental lobby trying to pull the wool over consumers’ eyes.”
NT government takes on beverage manufacturers over CDS
15 February, 2013Debate over the Northern Territory Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) is heating up, with three large beverage manufacturers claiming the CDS legislation is legally invalid.
Business of Sustainable Packaging seminar back by popular demand
15 February, 2013Due to popular demand, PAC.NZ will again run its Business of Sustainable Packaging one-day seminar. Being held on 21 March, the event will bring together the latest thinking and case studies around sustainable packaging.
NatureWorks opens Asia-Pacific headquarters
04 February, 2013Natureworks will open its first Asia-Pacific regional headquarters in Bangkok and expand its team of senior commercial, managerial and technical personnel.
Buy funny fruit to reduce food waste
23 January, 2013A few simple actions like buying oddly shaped fruit and freezing food could dramatically reduce the 1.3 billion tonnes of lost or wasted food each year, according to a new global campaign to cut food waste.
Alliance to deliver bio-based hotmelt adhesives
18 January, 2013Henkel and DaniMer Scientific have formed an alliance to develop bio-based hotmelt adhesives for the consumer packaging market.
Packaging plays vital role in reducing food waste
18 January, 2013Following the release of a report that shows half of the world’s food is wasted, LINPAC Packaging’s Alan Davey said that retailers, food manufacturers and the packaging industry should work together to tackle the problem.
Plastics will pollute oceans for hundreds of years
16 January, 2013Even if we stopped putting plastic into our oceans today, giant garbage patches would continue to grow for hundreds of years. Recent ARC research examined how giant ocean garbage patches form as a result of ocean currents.
