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PIDA 2022
PACKAGING INNOVATION SHINES ON GOLDCOAST
The Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design Awards (PIDAs) were announced at a hybrid event in July, the in-person part in Gold Coast during Foodtech Queensland.
At this year’s awards, co-ordinated as always by the Australian Institute of Packaging, packaging innovation addressing sustainability, accessibility and smart packaging design incorporating intelligent packaging technology came to the fore.
Brendon Holmes, MD, Caps & Closures
In the Gold Award tally, Caps & Closures scored top count with three, while BioPak, Brownes Dairy, Production Packaging Innovations, Nestle Australia and Opal Group each won two.
The awards presentation was co-hosted by Nerida Kelton, AIP executive director, and Lindy Hughson, publisher of PKN Packaging News and Food & Drink Business, the exclusive media partners of the PIDAs. Both presenters concurred that Australasian packaging design innovation is punching above its weight globally.
This year there were 12 categories, with prizes awarded to companies that have designed innovative packaging, divided into six category awards, and six special awards. The most strongly contested category, with the most awards given out, was Sustainable Packaging Design.
This is the eighth year of the PIDAs, the feeder awards programme for the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) WorldStar awards. All PIDA 2022 winners are eligible to enter the WorldStar 2023 competition, which will be presented at international packaging megashow Interpack, taking place in Dusseldorf in May 2023.
X2
the volume of plastic on the market will DOUBLE,
sue,
X3
the annual volume a of plastic entering
the ocean will almost TRIPLE,
X4
nd ocean plastic stocks will QUADRUPLE.2
Clockwise from top:
Rosella moves to Tetra Recart; Pact and Woolies partner; Visy invests in Auckland recycling; Aldi, Motor Brand scoop Vertex awards.
Below: ANZPAC Plastic Targets roadmap.
aluminium casting line to produce slugs used to make aerosol cans. The new casting facility will enable it to ramp up local production to meet increasing demand for its products, while also cre- ating local jobs.
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Auckland’s sorting of its household recyclables gets a boost, with Visy undertaking an upgrade of its Onehunga Materials Recovery Facility. The facility will be implementing new technology to help it increase the quality and diversity of recycled paper and cardboard to be sold in ANZ markets.
7ALDI AND MOTOR BRAND DESIGN SCOOP VERTEX AWARDS Motor Brand Design scooped the
Boutique Agency of the Year trophy at the 2022 Vertex Awards, the only global competition devoted exclusively to the art of private brand package design, while Aldi Australia wins Retailer of the Year.
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In the first commercial adoption in Australia of Tetra Pak’s Tetra Recart packaging – the first retortable carton designed for shelf-stable food products with ingredients of almost any size – Rosella has broken category conven- tion and moved away from metal cans for its new soup range.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
LEADING CHANGE
solutions must look beyond downstream symptoms to address plastic pollution at THE SOURCE.
TESTIMONIES
OUR VISION
WHO IS INVOLVED
PRINCIPLES OF CIRCULARITY
ROADMAP
MONITORING & REPORTING
TAKING ACTION
ANNEX
Why do we need a regional pact?
2040
IF WE
VISY TO UPGRADE AUCKLAND
SORTING FACILITY
ROSELLA SOUP MOVES FROM
CANS TO TETRA RECART
BY
In 2020
TO ACT,
PARTNER TO BOOST
CIRCULAR PLASTIC
In a major step forward for Pact Group’s onshore circular plastic ini- tiatives, the company announced a partnership with Woolworths Group to establish a strategic partnership that will see Pact manufacture and supply recycled packaging for products in Woolworths’ Own Brand range.
FAIL
PACT AND WOOLWORTHS
To address this is
When plastic pollution enters the marine environment, detrimental effects move WITHOUT BORDERS.
1.1m tonnes
of plastic packaging was placed on the
Australian market
In New Zealand, an
estimated 1.76 billion
plastic containers
are DISPOSED of each year.4
In the
Pacific Islands, imported plastics remain essentially
16%
of this EFFECTIVELY RECOVERED.3
stranded
with
and at high risk of becoming MARINE DEBRIS.
only
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ANZPAC PLASTICS PACT ROADMAP TO 2025
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