New sustainable packaging toolkit for marketers
04 April, 2013The AFGC and APC are launching a new toolkit that will assist marketing professionals’ awareness of sustainable packaging design and end-of-life.
Plantic and Profish commit to sustainable fish packaging
15 March, 2013Plantic Technologies has announced a new commercial supply agreement with Profish Food, a sourcing agent, processor and distributor of fresh fish.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Plastics recycling facility to be built in Queensland
15 January, 2013The Australian Packaging Covenant has announced joint funding of a state-of-the-art plastic recycling facility to be built this year in Queensland.
PAC.NZ releases progress report for Packaging Product Stewardship Scheme
20 December, 2012PAC.NZ has released the Year Two Progress Report for its Packaging Product Stewardship Scheme, which reports a second year of success for the scheme.
