Close the Loop opens soft plastics recycling plant
WEBBy Lindy Hughson | 1 February 2024. The crowd gathered for the opening of the upgraded soft plastics recycling line at Close the Loop's Reservoir facility speaks volumes for the milestone that this marks for finding a solution for hard-to-recycle materials. The development was welcomed by peak industry bodies, the Soft Plastics Taskforce, and ...
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WEB26 Sep 2024. In a webinar for Australian packaging industry stakeholders, the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) has outlined a three-option framework for proposed reforms to the packaging system, ahead of publishing a consultation paper this Friday (27 September) for industry feedback by 28 October.
Qenos plant closure looks likely - PKN Packaging News
WEBApr 4, 2024 · The Botany site of Qenos has already been closed for over a year, following a cooling tower collapse in February 2023, but was in the process of being rebuilt until, in March this year, when it was close to completion, work on the site was paused, much to the chagrin of customers who had been led to believe the plant would be back on stream soon.
Planet Protector raises $12m from impact investors
WEBJan 18, 2024 · In December 2023, Planet Protector Group closed a $12 million Series A capital raise led by the Mindaroo Foundation and the Victorian State Government, together with a cohort of other Singaporean-based impact investors. Planet Protector is the company behind the multiple award-winning Woolpack, an insulated packaging solution – …
Remondis to lead Big Bag Recovery scheme - PKN Packaging News
WEBFeb 3, 2022 · Remondis Australia will be managing the logistics of a new product stewardship scheme that aims to take large plastic bag recycling to the next level, at a time when 40,000 garbage truck loads of large bags are going to landfill each year. As the sole logistics and collection partner for the Big Bag Recovery Product …
Geminder launches bold takeover bid for Pact Group
WEBSep 19, 2023 · The Geminder family has a deep-rooted history with Pact Group, as the company was co-founded by Kin Group's chairman, Raphael Geminder, and his wife Fiona Geminder in 2002. This takeover bid, valued at $234 million, could potentially return Pact Group to familial hands, reshaping the landscape of Australia's packaging industry.
AUSPACK 2022 opens doors to the industry - PKN Packaging News
WEBMay 17, 2022 · AUSPACK 2022, the southern hemisphere’s leading processing and packaging trade event, opened its doors to high expectations this morning. After a hiatus of three long years, the globally recognised, long-running, AUSPACK event is running all week, at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, …
CCA tools-up to re-launch Fruit Box - PKN Packaging News
WEBNov 12, 2013 · CCA's Fruit Box is being re-launched onto the Australian market during November in four flavours – apple, apple blackcurrant, orange and tropical. The re-launched product will use the Tetra Pak cartons to help drive sales upwards in the juice category through packaging innovation, CCA's national manager juice and dairy, Tim York, said.
The dairy, design and packaging behind Fairlife, Coca-Cola's new …
WEBFeb 5, 2015 · The dairy, design and packaging behind Fairlife, Coca-Cola's new milk. 5 February 2015. This week, Coca-Cola launched a high protein, lactose-free milk called Fairlife. The reformulated “supermilk” contains 50% more protein, 30% more calcium and half the sugar of normal milk. It is available (at the moment in …
Luxury consumers want sustainable packaging
WEBMar 20, 2024 · Luxury customers across Australia identified creation of excessive waste (65 per cent) a lack of transparency around sustainability initiatives (62 per cent) as their biggest turn-off, followed closely by non-sustainable packaging (60 per cent). In line with this finding, 84 per cent of Australian luxury consumers said they would either stop ...