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COMMENT EDITOR
www.packagingnews.com.au July-August 2019
Packaging: Shine your light!
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IF YOU, like me, have been keeping an eye on how packaging features in the press of late, you will have noticed that on most mass media platforms there’s still no letting up on the nega- tive messaging. It’s mostly about plas- tic packaging and the attendant chal- lenges around our ‘waste exports’ and creating a closed loop recycling infra- structure across all materials.
Now, I’m not for one moment sug- gesting these aren’t all real challenges, nor that the path towards meeting our 2025 National Packaging Targets won’t be peppered with obstacles, but I feel compelled to repeat what I’ve said many times before: There are so many good news stories in packaging that need to be given airtime in the broader public domain. What’s stopping us?
As an industry, we’re pretty good at preaching to the converted – sharing our innovation and sustainability successes, and bestowing recognition on the people and companies behind these in the shape of awards and trade media coverage. In this issue, for instance, we report on Coca-Cola Amatil’s Australian-first 100 per cent recycled content beverage bottle (page 7); and Tetra Pak’s New Zealand project that will see drinks cartons turned into decking material (page 8), to name just two.
Yes, we’re doing a lot as an indus- try to move forward, and should give due recognition to the many organ- isations pulling out all the stops in the reduce-reuse-recycle challenge.
But let’s look back and ask, “What about some of the amazing things packaging has done until now to im- prove quality of life,
boost product safety, and prevent waste?”
Which leads me to
consider what pack-
aging innovation has
come about in my life-
time and – with apol-
ogies to Julie An-
drews, who included
‘brown paper packag-
ing tied up with string’
in her list – to write down
a ‘few of my favourite things’. So here is a lighthearted celebration of packaging (it helps if you have the tune in your head when you read this)...
Child locks on closures
and flip-tops on bottles
Pouches with zip locks
and foil seals on pottles
Screw caps on wine,
and cans with ‘pull rings’
These are a few of my favourite things...
Tear strips on snack packs you eat on the go
Packs that can heat food up fast or up slow
Salad in bags
and cucumbers in cling
These are a few of my favourite things...
Food lids that reseal
and cartons shelf stable
Tablets in blisters
with smart-coded labels
Bubble wrapped parcels the
old postie brings
These are a few of my favourite things...
When the press hounds
When the news stings
When I’m feeling sad
I simply remember my favourite things And then I don’t feel so bad.
I could go on... but instead I invite you to share your favourite packag- ing things with me – Julie and I look forward to it.
Lindy Hughson – Managing Editor
Screw caps on wine, and cans with ‘pull rings’... these are a few of my favourite things”