Sustainable packaging business Pact Group has committed to a 50 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in Australia and New Zealand by 2030.
Woolworths, Pact partnership to boost recycled packaging
Up to 18,000 tonnes of recycled plastic could be used in Woolworths’ own brand packaging each year as part of a proposed partnership between Woolworths Group and Pact. Read more
Compostable bags at Woolworths, SA
Woolworths has launched new locally made compostable fruit and vegetable bags in South Australian stores.
Big brands back plastics recycling push
The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO), ALDI, Coles, Woolworths, The Arnott’s Group and Unilever welcome a $60m funding boost to the Recycling Modernisation Fund (RMF). Read more
Woolworths phases out plastic shopping bags
Woolworths will phase out its 15-cent plastic shopping bags in Western Australia over the next month – the first major supermarket to do so ahead of new state legislation banning a variety of plastic shopping bags from July this year. Read more
Woolworths BYO container trial rolled out
A Woolworths BYO container trial will help customers at Tasmanian stores cut plastic in their regular shop. Read more
Woolworths drops single-use plastic picnicware
Woolworths has removed single-use plastic picnicware from sale nationwide in a move set to eliminate about 2.1 million kilograms of plastic annually. Read more
Woolworths plots path to no new plastic
Woolworths Group is backing a new Australian plastic recycling start-up using science to reduce the need for new plastic to be produced.
Battery awareness key to safer disposal
Along with the lifesaving message to change the batteries in your smoke alarm this year, Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley is urging households to take an extra safety step and recycle the batteries.
Woolworths powers ahead for greener future
About 360,000 tonnes of waste has been diverted from landfill in the past year, as part of Woolworths Group’s drive to ‘grow greener’.