Sustainability

PulPac partners with Matrix Pack

As a start, PulPac’s hot and cold drink lids will be used in Matrix Pack’s new line of sustainable food service packaging products in North America and Europe

23 August, 2023

AIP and NRA to host webinar on single use plastic bans across A/NZ

The webinar will be held on 6 September from 10am to 11am AEST and is being held as extensive state-based plastic bans are coming into effect this year and over the next three years

23 August, 2023

Amcor, Mondelēz and Licella partner to promote circular economy

The partnership will see the investment in advanced recycling technology pioneer Licella in an important step towards ending plastic waste and to contribute to one of the first advanced recycling facilities in Australia

16 August, 2023

Pact Group 2023 revenue up, but EBIT and NPAT down from PCP

Pact Group’s full year financial results for 2023 reports revenue growth of six per cent on the PCP to $1.949 billion but an underlying EBIT of $145 million (down seven per cent from the PCP) and an NPAT loss of $7 million

16 August, 2023

Ball & Doggett adds hubergroup Rapida Eco to its portfolio

Ball & Doggett has expanded its portfolio with hubergroup Rapida Eco, a range of sheetfed process inks, offering new sustainable alternatives to regional offset printers

9 August, 2023

SEE and ExxonMobil collaborate to generate value from food-grade plastics

The partnership aims to divert approximately 900 tonnes of plastic waste annually from landfill or incineration

2 August, 2023

The Detmold Group opens Australia’s first dedicated bag testing facility

The R&D laboratory in Brompton, South Australia, is part of the recently-completed LaunchPad facility which tests paper and board repulpability and medical mask functional effectiveness

2 August, 2023

Circular Plastics Australia (PET) recognised as sustainability leader

It has been named as one of The Australian Financial Review’s Sustainability Leaders for 2023 in manufacturing and consumer goods for its two PET plastic bottle recycling facilities

25 July, 2023

New Zealand supermarkets remove more single-use plastics

The New Zealand Ministry for the Environment has removed plastic fresh produce bags or non-home compostable produce labels from supermarkets

19 July, 2023

Amcor Lift-Off winner to use AI for circular economy

Amcor has committed to invest $500,000 into its latest Amcor Lift-Off winner Greyparrot, an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated waste analytics company to help scale its technology in support of a circular economy

19 July, 2023