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The containerboard market was fac- ing an unprecedented crisis of fibre supply in the wake of the bushfires that ravaged Australia’s east coast in the summer of 2019-20. Fires destroyed much of the forests around the Visy mill in Tumut, with 40 per cent of the soft-wood trees impacted by the fires – either destroyed or needing to be salvaged. Industry insiders said the level of plantation destruction was unparalleled.
action from governments, indus- try, and nongovernmental organ- isations. Prime Minister Scott Morrison addressed the summit with a call for an improvement in kerbside recycling. Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley hosted the event, which aims to identify new opportunities to directly address targets under the National Waste Policy Action Plan.
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Contract packager LJM expanded into New Zealand, forming a part- nership with brand activation spe- cialist Hoop. LJM said the aim of the venture would be to become the “go-to service provider for all co-packing requirements in the New Zealand market”.
Pact Group, Cleanaway, and Asahi signed a memorandum of understand- ing in February to jointly develop a plastic pelletising plant in Albury/ Wodonga on the New South Wales- Victoria border. The facility is to pro- cess plastic bottles and other recycla- bles into flake and food-grade pellets, which will be used as raw material for food and beverage packaging.
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PEOPLE IN PACKAGING: Well-known industry leader Mark Dingley has made a significant contribution to the packaging industry, both as chairman of the Australian Pack- aging & Processing Machinery Association, and as CEO of intel- ligent identification specialist Matthews Australasia.
Amcor CCO Michael Zacka dis- cussed the tectonic shift towards sustainable packaging with PKN. Among other things, he discussed the often-contradictory objec- tives inherent within sustainabil- ity and waste-management tar- gets. If plastic is removed, more food waste and increased carbon emissions can result. He also spoke about Amcor’s progress towards changing the packaging and plastics system.
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Seabin, a system for capturing maritime waste, smashed a fund- raising goal of $1m in four days. The Seabin cleans marinas and ports by filtering the water, remov- ing particles as small as micro- plastics. For its fundraising cam- paign, the Seabin Project partnered with the Australian equity crowd- funding platform Birchal. Seabin was raising capital to scale produc- tion and operations.
TerraCycle’s cir- cular packaging programme called Loop is to launch in Australia in 2021. PKN sat down with Terra- Cycle CEO Tom Szaky, who said
the idea behind Loop is to fundamen- tally change the packaging market. He said the goal was to move from selling the package every time an item is sold to selling the packaging as a service.
The National Plastics Summit
took place in Canberra in early March. Industry leaders gathered to find new solutions to the chal- lenge of plastic waste and prompt
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