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18 LyondellBasell’s winning, circular outlook is explored in the wake of a slew of impressive sustainability achievements, including its win of the 2020 APCO Sustainable Packaging Excellence award.
SUSTAINABILITY:
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
24 Victorian company Advanced Circular Polymers has invested in sorting and recycling technology as the industry searches for solutions to transition towards a circular economy for plastic.
26 OFPackhasannounceda joint venture partnership with carton and paper recycling specialist One Paper, and the formation of a new business called O F Resource Recovery.
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SUSTAINABILITY: MATERIALS
28 Paper manufacturer Arjowiggins has launched Sylvicta – a ground-breaking sustainable alternative to plastics in packaging. Paper merchant Spicers is the distribution partner for Sylvicta in Australia,
New Zealand, and Asia.
30 Storopack has staked
its claim as the only manufacturer currently delivering air pillows made of 100 per cent recycled material using post- consumer-recycled material.
31 FormerBrandPower presenter and household name SallyWilliamshasjoined forces with the Martogg Group in an effort to promote sustainable Australian packaging solutions to brands and consumers.
32 Plastic product manufacturing brings environmental concerns,
but advanced materials and production processes have become the ‘artist’s medium’ for sustainable innovation in plastic, writes Dr Gary White of Caps & Closures.
SUSTAINABILITY:
CARBON OFFSETS
33 Tube manufacturer Impact International has launched a first-of-its-kind carbon-offset forest initiative in partnership with leading Australian brands.
SUSTAINABILITY:
FMCG PACKAGING
34 The2025National PackagingTargetshavelit
a fire under the packaging industry. The initiative
is spurring suppliers to innovate and adopt new, more sustainable ways of working.
COVER: LyondellBasell is the world’s largest producer of polypropylene compounds and the largest licensor of polyolefin technologies. Read more about its sustainability achievements on page 18.
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