What ‘biodegradable’ packaging really means – and 3 key questions to ask about it
Biodegradability standards are helpful for consumers and waste regulators.
Visy introduces recyclable Paper Bubble Wrap to replace single-use plastics
The product serves as a shock-proof alternative for storing, moving, and shipping fragile items.
Carriageworks Farmers Market and Borrow by Huskee launches large-scale circular cup system
Approximately 1500 cups rotate through the system to be returned to vendors for reuse.
Shellworks develops home-compostable pipette to reduce beauty packaging waste
The goal was to make sustainability a core part of product design rather than an afterthought.
Researchers develop plastic that can dissolve in seawater
The breakthrough comes as plastic waste continues to accumulate worldwide.
Milk bottle lids find new life as Sea Life aquarium souvenirs
Recycled PET products will be sold across a network of around 50 aquariums.
‘Bottles for Good’: UK charity launches campaign to cut plastic waste
The initiative positions refill shops as key partners in shifting consumer behaviour away from single-use packaging.
Takeaway coffee cups release thousands of microplastic particles
For the all-plastic cups, switching from cold to hot water increased the microplastic release by about 33 per cent.
Heliograph creates plastic-free alternative to iconic soy sauce fish bottle
The new packaging – called Holy Carp! – is made from bagasse pulp, a fibrous by-product of sugar production.
South Korea to transition to ‘label-free’ plastic bottles
South Korea produces approximately 5.2 billion plastic bottles each year, and as of writing, 65 per cent of these are now sold without labels.
Sustainable paper-based packaging set to reduce plastic use in e-commerce
Mondi has collaborated with machine supplier Beck Packautomaten to create functional and paper-based packaging.
Innonature launches cork-based sleeve for wine packaging
Australia’s Innonature Packaging Solutions has developed a protective sleeve for wine and spirit bottles…
Western Australian scientists launch ‘vanishing’ bioplastic
Researchers are using microbes found to create dissolvable bioplastics for packaging.
Haleon, Pharmacycle launches blister pack recycling program in Australia
The program introduces a household recycling satchel that allows consumers to return empty blister packs.
Shoppers are turning away from unsustainable packaging, survey shows
Thirty-seven per cent of US and Canadian respondents are abandoning purchases of unsustainably packaged items.
