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1ORORA SELLS AUSTRA- LIAN FIBRE BUSINESS TO NIPPON PAPER Orora has entered into a binding agreement to sell
its Australasian Fibre business to a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Paper, for an enterprise value of A$1.72bn. (See analysis page 10)
2CADBURY BUILDS WORLD’S BIGGEST FAVOURITES BOX Cadbury created a giant box of Favourites
chocolates for a giveaway held in Sydney as part of a new campaign.
3VISY TO BUY NORSKE SKOG ALBURY MILL FOR $85M
Norske Skog is closing its Albury newsprint
mill business, with the assets including the mill itself to be sold to Visy, Australia’s largest paperboard manufacturer. (See story
4page 7)
BROWNES DAIRY’S AUSSIE-FIRST RENEW- ABLE CARTON
Brownes Dairy Company will become the first dairy
in Australia to move to a fully renewable and recyclable milk carton. (See story
5page 6)
UPSTART START-UP
KICKSTARTS AMBITIOUS ZERO WASTE PROJECT Refillable pouches made from recycled plastic,
and refillable rigid containers made from ocean plastics, are the packaging centrepieces at the heart
of a new project that aims
to remove single-use plastic from 14,000 Australian households in twelve months. (See story page 8)
Australian-first fully renewable carton
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BROWNES DAIRY COMPANY will become the first dairy in Aus- tralia to move to a fully renew- able and recyclable milk carton. It is switching 25 products – more than 17.8 million milk car- tons per year – to the new fully renewable packaging format.
In an exclusive interview with PKN, Brownes and its packaging partner Tetra Pak spoke about the process of bringing the carton into pro- duction. The renewable and recyclable Tetra Rex Bio- Based cartons will be integrat-
ed across the dairy company’s entire milk carton range.
The packaging is a world first, made entirely from plant-based, renewable mate- rials. The first layer is paper- board made with wood fibres sourced from Forest Stew- ardship Council (FSC) certi- fied forests and other con- trolled sources.
Next, two protective layers, derived from sugarcane, line either side of the paperboard.
It is the use of plant-based material in the protective lay-
Brownes Dairy will move to a fully renewable and recyclable milk carton.
ers that makes this package so different from other formats. The bio-based packages offer a more sustainable alternative to standard milk cartons and re- duces the reliance on fossil- based polyethylene plastic in the lining.
At Food & Drink Business + PKN LIVE, Brownes’ senior marketing manager Nicole Ohm was part of a panel dis- cussing what it meant to be a brave brand. In discussing the 130-year-old company’s deci- sion to migrate to the new packaging, Ohm talked about how the dairy industry cannot ignore the role it plays when it comes to the environment and climate change, and how it has to innovate to find ways to con- tribute to solutions.
“These conversations are not comfortable, but they have to be had,” she said. ■
Woolworths enters the Loop
IN A major step forward for packaging and the circular economy, Woolworths is part- nering with TerraCycle to bring Loop, the global zero- waste reusable packaging solu- tion, to Australia.
The circular economy system, set to launch in 2021, will allow Woolworths shoppers to receive groceries delivered to their doors in reusable containers.
Products such as washing detergent, shampoo, juice, and ice cream will arrive in dura- ble branded packaging deliv- ered in a reusable shipping tote, and once the product is consumed, the packaging is collected or can be dropped back in store to be cleaned, re- filled, and reused.
TerraCycle-founded Loop was launched globally earlier this year as the first ever circu- lar shopping system system that enables consumers to shop for their favourite products in durable, rather than disposable, packaging. It combines the con- venience of disposability with the sustainable function of re- use to offer consumers the cir-
cular economy alternative.
To date it has rolled out in the US and France, with plans to launch in the UK in Febru- ary next year and in Canada in May, followed by Germany and Japan later in 2020. Australia is slated as the first market
launch in 2021.
P&G, PepsiCo, and Nestlé are
among Loop’s partners. ■ New
partnership: (from left) Anthony Rossi, TerraCycle; Karen Andrews MP; Alex Holt, Woolworths.