Turning the tide: UK designer turns fish waste into alt-plastic
The bioplastic is strong, translucent, flexible, and with its biodegradable and compostable qualities, could be “part of a global answer” to the single-user plastic problem.
Coles trials bring-your-own containers in South Australia
The company said feedback and insights from the trial would be part of its consideration for rolling out the initiative to more stores nationwide.
GS Caltex collaborates with Nestle to recycle plastic coffee capsules
The capsules will be processed as recyclable raw materials to create eco-friendly compound resins.
Great Wrap looks to knock plastics off the shelves with its biodegradable stretch wrap
141 million tonnes of plastic packaging is produced every year and one third leaks from collection systems into the environment.
Apiwraps designs eco-friendly gift wrap range
Apiwraps founder Freyja Tasci says the gift pack helps Australian retailers who have struggled during the pandemic.
Hero Packaging introduces fully water soluble garment bags
The company says it has successfully developed a transparent and reusable garment bag with the same look, strength, and functions as its plastic version but can be completely dissolved in boiling water within 30 seconds. I
The sachet economy: Can we ever solve the small packet problem?
Made from layers of plastic and aluminium, sachets aren’t biodegradable and are almost impossible to recycle.
Coca-Cola’s Bonaqua launches first ‘label-less’ bottles
A transition to label-less bottles is part of Coca-Cola’s World Without Waste initiative that rolled out in 2018, that aims to “collect and recycle a bottle or can for every one it sells” by 2030.
Israeli startup creates a fully compostable alternative to flexible plastic
timated $200 billion usd by 2025. However, only 4 per cent of flexible plastic packaging gets recycled and the rest ends up in landfills.
Researchers create packing material made from pineapple waste
The sustainable packing material is made from the core and rind of the fruit and is both edible and compostable.
CP Foods’ egg packaging embraces 3Rs: reduce, reuse and recycle
The move is part of the company’s commitment to meeting its 2030 sustainability pledge.
Australian wineries release ‘eco-bottles’ from recycled plastic
The launch seeks to “reshape the carbon footprint” of wine by targeting an industry hotspot, the glass bottle.
Paper-based packing solution aims to replace plastic wrapping in e-commerce
According to the company, the Functional Barrier Paper system is 95 per cent paper with enhanced barrier properties that can protect against water vapour and moisture.
Canopy expands EcoPaper database for sustainable packaging solutions
This year’s updated Ecopaper database shows a significant increase in the number of available products from Asia – 203 listings, up from 111 last year. It includes 84 products from China and 72 from India.
Zero Co calls for protecting the planet with its new body product range
The new body product range features shampoo, conditioner, body lotion and roll-on deodorant.