Partnership creates recyclable paper bag for fresh potatoes
19 June, 2023Mitolo Family Farms has partnered with Coles and Detpak to create a kerbside recyclable paper bag for fresh potatoes.
A cleaner future amid rising landfill costs and dangers
15 June, 2023 | Supplied by: CST Wastewater SolutionsPiling food and beverage waste into landfill poses many hazards, releasing toxins into the environment and emitting high volumes of greenhouse gases.
Recycling lab testing paper-based solutions
09 June, 2023Koehler Innovation & Technology has opened a recycling lab to test and monitor paper-based products at all stages throughout the product life cycle.
Tetra Pak sets sights on circularity and sustainability
06 June, 2023 | Supplied by: Tetra PakTetra Pak has expanded its offering of packaging solutions using certified recycled polymers to cover new formats, product categories and geographies.
Produce suppliers switch to paper pallet wrap
06 June, 2023 | Supplied by: Mondi GroupMondi has collaborated with Silbo to upgrade its pallet wrapping from plastic stretch film to Mondi's craft paper Advantage StretchWrap.
Nestlé Australia NAN SUPREMEpro refillable packaging system
15 May, 2023As it explores ways to reduce packaging and test new systems, Nestlé Australia has announced a refillable packaging system for its NAN SUPREMEpro Toddler milk drink.
Barry Callebaut sets sustainability targets beyond 2025
12 May, 2023Barry Callebaut Group has presented a set of sharpened targets for Forever Chocolate, its plan to make sustainable chocolate the norm.
Using paper bands to bundle products
02 May, 2023 | Supplied by: Mondi GroupMondi has collaborated with Swiss converter ATS-Tanner to create a paper band that can hold individually labelled products or bundles, reducing plastic usage.
Sugarcane: a sustainable alternative to plastic packaging
28 April, 2023Sugarcane packaging has emerged as an alternative to traditional petroleum-based plastics for its biodegradability and resistance to heat and moisture.
Recyclable hotmelt adhesive launched
19 April, 2023Dow and Avery Dennison have developed a hotmelt label adhesive solution enabling polyolefin filmic labels and PP/PE packaging to be recycled in one stream.
Amcor orders certified-circular polymers for packaging
19 April, 2023 | Supplied by: Amcor GlobalAmcor has placed its first commercial order of certified-circular polymers for use in packaging for the Australian and New Zealand market.
Mars Wrigley to invest further in paper packaging
17 April, 2023Mars Wrigley Australia has announced that it will be investing a further $28.8 million in its Ballarat factory, building on the $67 million invested since 2021.
Global sustainable packaging paper released
17 April, 2023The World Packaging Organisation has released a sustainability perspectives paper, bringing together the views of 21 countries on issues related to packaging.
PepsiCo companies move towards sustainable packaging
13 April, 2023Frito-Lay and Quaker have announced the opening of a Greenhouse Learning Centre that will be used to test, measure and analyse compostable packaging.
EU encouraged to make compostable coffee capsules mandatory
05 April, 2023 | Supplied by: European BioplasticsEuropean Bioplastics has called on the EU Parliament and Council to make single-serve coffee units mandatorily compostable.
