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1NZ’S FIRST PLANT- BASED MILK BOTTLE
An entirely plant-based 2L milk bottle is on shelves in New Zealand as a result
of a partnership between Pact 2and Fonterra. (See story p9)
ROLL ‘N’ RECYCLE
TO PUT SEMI-RIGID PLASTICS IN KERBSIDE Several companies joined together to
pilot a project that will see consumers recycle semi-rigid plastics through the kerbside stream. (See story p19)
3PLASTIC-FREE COFFEE CUP HITS THE MARKET A pioneering Melbourne coffee company worked with its cup suppliers
to bring this plastic-free disposable coffee cup to its stores. (See story p20)
4GOVERNMENT WELCOMES APCO ACCREDITATION MOVE Asst. minister for waste reduction Trevor Evans welcomed
APCO’s decision to pursue accreditation under the government’s revamped product
5stewardship legislation.
KITKAT URGES AUSSIES TO GIVE THE PLANET A BREAK Nestlé’s KitKat brand temporarily replaced its
logo with a recycling logo on its pack to encourage more recycling. (See story p20)
6AUSPACK POSTPONED AND MOVED TO MELBOURNE IN 2022 Major Australasian packaging and processing machinery show has
been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. (See story this page)
AUSPACK postponed
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THE APPMA Board has post- poned AUSPACK 2021, which was scheduled to take place in Sydney. It is rescheduled to take place in Melbourne on 17-20 May 2022.
The most important factors in the decision to postpone were the uncertainty around protect- ing the health and safety of the industry community and
preserving the experience and value that exhibitors and visi- tors receive from attending events such as AUSPACK.
While some exhibitors voiced disappointment and frustration that the show could not go ahead, the unanimous view is that postponing the show by a year was one of the most respon- sible decisions the APPMA
The next AUSPACK will be held in Melbourne in May 2022.
Board could have made.
Many expressed strongly that they would not have wanted to participate in a virtual show, and others said they had started thinking about cancelling their 2021 participation if the show had gone ahead. These same exhibitors are now planning to
exhibit at the 2022 show. International exhibitors are an increasingly important part of the AUSPACK show – many exhibitors represent interna- tional principals who attend AUSPACK to support their local agents. Hence, many exhibitors and their customers would have been adversely impacted by an
Australian-only show.
For more on this story, refer to APPMA chairman Mark Dingley’s message in the Machinery Matters supplement in this issue.
Planet Protector Packaging wins Ocean Impact Pitchfest
PLANET Protector Packaging has won the inaugural Ocean Impact Pitchfest as it looks to fulfill the UN Sustainable Development Goal Number 14: Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean.
The business was one of three Australian finalists out of 200 applications worldwide in the initiative hosted by Ocean Impact Organisation, all of which were pitching an inno- vation to positively impact the world’s oceans.
Planet Protector Packaging aims to remove polystyrene – which is often ingested by marine life – from supply chains by replacing it with environmentally responsible Woolpack insulated packaging made from sheep wool waste.
Planet Protector Packaging founder and CEO Joanne
Joanne Howarth, CEO, Planet Protector Packaging
Howarth said it was an incred- ible honour to win the first Pitchfest.
“It supports us in our quest to eliminate polystyrene from our oceans and restore them to
their abundant, flourishing state,” Howarth said.
“At Planet Protector Packag- ing, we hero the humble sheep, who has become a secret weapon in defending our oceans from polystyrene. Being able to celebrate this very proud milestone with other like- minded innovators, all of whom are doing incredible work to create an abundant and sus- tainable ocean, is very inspiring.”
As the global winner of the Ocean Impact Pitchfest 2020, the company will receive $15,000 cash from Bank Austra- lia, an Ocean Impact Organisa- tion Support Package worth more than $50,000, access to key business and science men- tors, and another accolade to add to its growing list.