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state government plans to introduce a separate glass service to all local gov- ernment areas by 2027 and a food and garden organics collection by 2030.
9AMCOR INCREASES STAKE IN EPAC BY $45M
Amcor will boost its investment in ePac Flexible Packaging by US$45 million, signalling the global packaging giant’s confidence in the digitally-based flexi- ble packaging market, and ePac’s ability to scale.
10AVERY DENNISON OPENS NEW MOORABBIN FACILITY
Customers and business partners gathered at Avery Dennison’s new dis- tribution centre in Moorabbin to mark the official opening of its purpose-built facility, which showcases sustainable building design and the company’s graphic arts expertise.
11APCO LAUNCHES PFAS ACTION PLAN
The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) has published its action plan for phasing out PFAS in fibre-based food contact packaging. (See breakout box, page 62).
12WOMEN IN PACKAGING HEADS TO MELBOURNE
PKN’s popular Women in Packaging forum is back! Themed Champions of Change: Women Walking the Talk, this year the event would take place as a lunch forum in November in Melbourne (see full report on pages 16-24). ■
Top: Amcor boosts investment in ePac juggernaut.
Above: Avery Dennison’s new Moorabbin facility.
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It’s a wrap for 2022
WHICHEVER WAY YOU look it, following the year of highs and lows for Australia’s packaging industry, it’s an exhilarating time to be in pack- aging. As attested by the stories making headlines from January to October summarised in this section, along with rest of the articles in this November-December issue, it’s a time of rapid change, ongoing investment, and advancing innovation.
Yes, we are facing challenges, most notably in the plastics resource recov- ery sector where the lack of recycling capacity for hard-to-recycle materials, compounded by a lack of pull-through demand, has resulted in the crisis currently being experienced by REDcycle (see pages 6 and 11-12).
But challenges notwithstanding, positive change is taking place. A circu- lar economy for packaging is now front of mind, informing policy decisions, driving investment and innovation in design. It won’t be a speedy transfor- mation, but the wheels are in motion, and powered by the mighty force that is collective action, there can be no turning back. ■
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