The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) has released its review of the 2025 National Packaging Targets and is calling for a stronger co-regulatory framework that strikes a balance between industry-led action and effective government regulation. Read More
New data indicates a trial of kerbside soft plastics recycling has won new people over to making sure their used plastic packaging is sent for recycling and stays out of landfill. Read More
The Torres Strait has welcomed its first Containers for Change refund point on Badu Island, marking the region’s first local access to Queensland’s container refund scheme. Read More
The injection of billions of dollars into repairing ageing, deteriorating infrastructures is a welcome development. Yet the pervasive shortage of both skilled and general labour has tempered what would otherwise be promising opportunities for those industries.
How can construction companies not only prepare for this reality but meet the challenge with confidence and a brighter outlook? Read More
REMONDIS Australia has secured a soft plastics pelletising unit that converts old plastics to pellets used as feedstock for new plastic materials. Read More
Polypropylene, a hard to recycle plastic, has successfully been biodegraded by two strains of fungi in a new experiment led by researchers at the University of Sydney. Read More
About 1000 end-of life damaged bollards have been 100 per cent recycled into new eco-friendly T Top bollards, in an Australian-first initiative. Read More
