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POSITIONS VACANT AIP Welcomes New Member Camilo Serrano MAIP
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Packaging Technologist, Sustainable Packaging Manager & Product and Quality Coordinator Vacancies available
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Position Vacant Beak & Johnston: Packaging Technologist Beak & Johnston is a family-owned entrepreneurial market leader in chilled and frozen convenient food solutions to ANZ retailers and foodservice operators. They are looking for an experienced Packaging Technologist to join their team. You will enjoy leading strategic innovation projects across multiple sites to provide solutions, efficiencies and implementation of new and improved products. You will be responsible for: •
Generating new packaging products in response to project briefs.
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Experience in leading the testing and evaluation of multiple packaging combinations.
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Ensuring that packaging products meet set requirements and specifications.
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Experience translating technical detail into packaging concepts.
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Maintain Packaging Specifications for all applicable categories.
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Confident and engaging written and verbal communication skills.
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Producing samples to try out different materials and designs.
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Well planned with excellent time management skills.
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Liaising with commercial, purchasing and production teams
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Identifying opportunities to reduce costs whilst maintaining quality.
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Running trials to check packaging for suitability and testing for performance under various conditions.
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Controlling production and quality standards
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Evaluating, selecting and negotiating with suppliers.
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Developing and writing reports.
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Keeping up to date with technological advancements.
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Relevant Quality and/or Food Technology qualification.
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What they can offer you… Joining their family of foodies means you will go home truly satisfied by the type and quality of work you are doing. They are the supplier of choice because they provide delicious and inspiring food that makes eating healthy and convenient food enjoyable! Beak & Johnston have lots of great perks, they pay and reward well for effort, promote and grow from within, encourage passion in all pursuits and believe teamwork is the key to success.
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Position Vacant BioPak: Product and Quality Coordinator Working Together for a Waste Free World Their mission is to create sustainable packaging that puts the planet first. At BioPak they champion the transition to a circular economy with industry-leading products made from plants. Their product range is predominantly made from renewable materials and certified compostable. It is the BioCrew’s incredible team effort, resilience and professionalism that has lead them this far and continues to inspire them into the future. They want to continually lead the market and motivate more and more people to join them to relentlessly drive change. Their team members are driven by a genuine belief that they can make a difference for the world. Biopak's vision is a world without waste. In this role, you will be responsible for their product specifications, packaging specifications and consistency of quality they receive from their production facility partners. Working with Key stakeholders like their Senior Quality Assurance manager, product engineer and CEO – you will be required to manage samples, quality and record keeping for their entire product range and conduct testing and analysis across the board. Specifically, you will: • Support the Quality agenda across the broader business • Provide support to the product development, benchmarking and product efficiency improvement. • Actively support & participate in continuous improvement programs internally and externally. • Complete complaint investigations and supplier defect investigation. • Assisting suppliers in the development of Corrective and Preventative actions. • Compile accurate and timely reports to management and internal stakeholders. • Manage GS1 applications and barcode quality checking. • Overseeing quoting/pricing for Internal and external sales reps. • Manage product specifications and ensure its accuracy across different departments. • Support marketing and sales on product enquiries and product claims.
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Report and submit to National Measurements Institute (NMI) product spec data Keeping up to date with technological advancements.
Ideally, you will need: • Experience working with product specification and development. • Exceptional communication and negotiating skills with the ability to influence stakeholders. • Ability to manage and coordinate tasks/projects with off-shore China/Taiwan manufacturing. • Be passionate about quality and take a customer focused attitude to their work. • Proficient in Microsoft and Google suite. • Creative and “outside the box” thinking ability. • High level organisational skills. If you believe you have a passion for saving the environment and believe you have the qualities we require then this is the role for you.
PLEASE APPLY TODAY I wanted to become a Certified Packaging Professional not only for my own professional development not only for, but also to connect to more people in the industry globally. I found that one of the important elements of the CPP program is the Resume of Activities, and the importance of keeping your knowledge updated on a regular basis. This is extremely useful for anyone in the industry to ensure that we maintain continued knowledge in the packaging field we work in. Darell Chung MAIP, CPP Sustainable Packaging Manager South Asia, Downstream Milliken Asia *First CPP in Singapore
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Position Vacant Rimfire Resources: Sustainable Packaging Manager Lead the implementation of sustainable packaging transformation initiatives. • Trusted Companion Animal Care portfolio. • Specialist Senior Role – Project management/Product packaging development. • Sydney NSW preferred, but flexible. The Company As a marketer, wholesaler and distributor of healthcare, medical, pharmaceutical, consumer products and animal care brands, their client is a large, diversified and market leading group. The Animal Care Division manufactures, markets and distributes a diverse range of branded companion animal care and veterinary products. With core values including obsessing about their customers, taking care of each other, doing what’s right, courageously speaking up and always searching for innovation, they are dedicated to providing quality products, services and education that people need for their pets to live long and healthy lives.
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The Role A new role, Sustainable Packaging Manager, has been created within the R&D and Veterinary Technical Services team of the Animal Care Division to lead the implementation of sustainable packaging transformation initiatives. Reporting to the R&D Manager (ANZ) you will be setting a footprint and guiding the growth of the sustainable packaging strategy – ensuring the primary function of packaging is retained, but also ensuring lower environmental impacts. This will involve some creative thinking for developing new packaging options and solutions for multiple products across many animal species and countries especially Australia and New Zealand. There will be one direct report (Technologist) in the near future and you will participate in the recruitment process. Your responsibilities in this specialist role include: • Driving the projects – transitioning to sustainable packaging solutions to meet group strategy targets. • Delivering key initiatives – establishing a governance framework, including steering committee to monitor progress. • Implementing sustainable packaging principles – developing a strategy to meet commitments and compliance. • Ensuring a smooth transition for the entire trusted brand portfolio. • Managing compliance with OHS, WHS and APCO guidelines. • Working closely with cross functional project teams and supporting other business units within the larger corporate group.
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Packaging expertise – extensive industry experience in FMCG packaging development across different markets with variable challenges, and demonstrated delivery of sustainable packaging initiatives.
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Understanding of R&D and regulatory requirements with an investigative, problem solving mindset.
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Relevant tertiary qualifications (Bachelor, Master or PhD) in disciplines such as packaging, chemical/ food engineering or materials science.
You will be a packaging specialist, familiar with the complex environment, sustainable packaging requirements and able to transition a large, trusted product portfolio to sustainable packaging solutions within a limited timeframe. Familiar with terminologies and the fundamentals of food, you will bring a structure to guide business growth for years to come. There is some domestic and international travel (NZ, Asia especially China and Thailand) in the role. You may currently be in a similar Packaging Manager role in either food, FMCG, animal health/nutrition or pharmaceutical industries, however feeling stifled and looking for more variety to step up to the next level with this challenge. Come and showcase your leadership skills and expertise in this area. Join a diverse business which is growing, providing career progression scope and runway for your career. Sydney is the preferred location where the head office team is based, however there is location flexibility for the right person. A generous salary package is on offer to attract candidates of the highest calibre.
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced e winners of the 2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) h Awards were announced at the first hybrid edition of the awards with over 250 people in attendance.
Coordinated by the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) the Annual Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards have been established to recognise companies and individuals who are making a significant difference in their field across Australia and New Zealand. The Packaging Innovation & Design of the Year company awards recognise organisations that have designed innovative packaging within six categories: 1. Food Packaging Design of the Year 2. Beverage Packaging Design of the Year 3. Health, Beauty & Wellness Packaging Design of the Year Watch the 2022 PIDA AWARDS https://vimeo.com/showcase/9670603 4. Domestic & Household Packaging Design of the Year 5. Labelling & Decoration Design of the Year 6. Outside of the Box Design of the Year There are six special awards also available: 1. Marketing Design of the Year 2. Accessible and Inclusive Packaging Design of the Year 3. Save Food Packaging Design of the Year 4. Sustainable Packaging Design of the Year 5. Industry Packaging Professional of the Year 6. ABA Scholarships The PIDA Awards are also the exclusive feeder program for Australia and New Zealand for the prestigious WorldStar Packaging Awards run by the World Packaging Organisation. All 2022 PIDA winners will be automatically eligible for entry into the 2023 WorldStar Packaging Awards competition.
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced FOOD PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR The Food Packaging Design of the Year award recognises organisations that have designed innovative packaging and/or materials, within food packaging and processing including fresh, frozen or other.
GOLD WINNER
GOLD WINNER
2022 Food Packaging Design of the Year Gold award winner is ThermoShield Temperature Monitoring System - Food (Caps & Closures)
READ THE WINNER'S FULL STORY HERE
Watch the FOOD PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR winning video here: https://vimeo.com/ showcase/9670603/ video/728997010
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced FOOD PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR SILVER WINNER
2022 Food Packaging Design of the Year Silver award winner is Cadbury Roses limited edition Mother’s Day chocolates (Opal) BRONZE WINNER
2021 Food Packaging Design of the Year Bronze award winner is Maggi Recipe Base/ Mono-PP Sachet (Huhtamaki Australia)
HIGH COMMENDATION WINNERS
2022 Food Packaging Design of the Year High Commendation award winners are...
Frutmac Zippmatic 100% Paperboard Foodtainer (Auspouch)
Nestlé Easter egg range (Nestlé Australia)
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced BEVERAGE PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR The Beverage Packaging Design of the Year award recognises organisations that have designed innovative packaging and/or materials, within packaging and processing for liquid or dry tea, coffee, water and soft drinks including wine, beer and spirits.
GOLD WINNER
2022 Beverage Packaging Design of the Year Gold award winner is Synlait Swappa Bottle (Synlait Milk Limited) GOLD WINNER
READ THE WINNER'S FULL STORY HERE
Watch the BEVERAGE PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR winning video here: https://vimeo.com/ showcase/9670603/ video/728998808
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced BEVERAGE PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR SILVER WINNER
2022 Beverage Packaging Design of the Year Silver award winner is Coles Home Compostable Coffee Capsules (Coles) BRONZE WINNER
2022 Beverage Packaging Design of the Year Bronze award winner is Australia's Most Sustainable Milk Cartons (Brownes Dairy) HIGH COMMENDATION WINNER
2022 Beverage Packaging Design of the Year High Commendation award winner is Norco 100% rPET Milk Bottles (Pact Group)
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced HEALTH, BEAUTY & WELLNESS PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR The Health, Beauty & Wellness Packaging Design of the Year award recognises organisations that have designed innovative packaging and/or materials, within cosmetics, toiletries, personal hygiene, supplements, vitamins, perfumes, hair body and oral care. This award also covers packaging of all medicines including over the counter medicines, medical equipment packaging.
GOLD WINNER
GOLD WINNER
2022 Health, Beauty & Wellness Packaging Design of the Year Gold award winner is Dsmile Box (Production Packaging Innovations) READ THE WINNER'S FULL STORY HERE
Watch the HEALTH, BEAUTY & WELLNESS PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR winning video here: https://vimeo.com/ showcase/9670603/ video/729000155
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced HEALTH, BEAUTY & WELLNESS PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR SILVER WINNER
2022 Health, Beauty & Wellness Packaging Design of the Year Silver award winner is etch&ethos (EGO Pharmaceuticals) BRONZE WINNER
2022 Health, Beauty & Wellness Packaging Design of the Year Bronze award winner is Swisse Earth (Zipform Packaging) HIGH COMMENDATION WINNER
2022 Health, Beauty & Wellness Packaging Design of the Year High Commendation award winner is Macro Laundry Powder (Woolworths)
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced DOMESTIC & HOUSEHOLD PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR The Domestic & Household Packaging Design of the Year award recognises organisations that have designed innovative packaging and/or materials, packaging within domestic and household items, toys, stationary, gifts, clothing, garden equipment, decorating.
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2022 Domestic & Household Packaging Design of the Year Gold award winner is Fig & Bloom Shipper Box (Production Packaging Innovations)
READ THE WINNER'S FULL STORY HERE
Watch the DOMESTIC & HOUSEHOLD PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR winning video here: https://vimeo.com/ showcase/9670603/ video/729001200
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced DOMESTIC & HOUSEHOLD PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR SILVER WINNER
2022 Domestic & Household Packaging Design of the Year Silver award winner is Earthwise Eco Laundry Scoop Innovation (Earthwise Group) BRONZE WINNER
2022 Domestic & Household Packaging Design of the Year Bronze award winner is Packsize Australia and Kaboodle (Packsize) HIGH COMMENDATION WINNERS
2022 Domestic & Household Packaging Design of the Year High Commendation award winners are...
Koh Kerbside Recyclable Spout Pouch Refill Pack (Close the Loop Group)
Nestlé Purina Total Care (Pet Accessories) (Nestlé Purina Australia)
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced LABELLING & DECORATION DESIGN OF THE YEAR The Labelling & Decoration Design of the Year award is designed to recognise the addition of content to a pack which creates a unique or innovative appearance, function or communication. This may include labels, sleeves, tags, coding/markings, etching, directly applied inks or by any other similar process.
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2022 Labelling & Decoration Design of the Year Gold award winner is ID-Shield Anti-Counterfeit System (Caps & Closures) GOLD WINNER
READ THE WINNER'S FULL STORY HERE
Watch the LABELLING & DECORATION PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR winning video here: https://vimeo.com/ showcase/9670603/ video/729002107
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced LABELLING & DECORATION DESIGN OF THE YEAR SILVER WINNER
2022 Labelling & Decoration Design of the Year Silver award winner is Billson's Christmas Gin (Billson's) BRONZE WINNERS
2022 Labelling & Decoration Design of the Year Bronze award winner is Hungry Jack's Uno Promotion (Result Group)
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced OUTSIDE OF THE BOX DESIGN OF THE YEAR The Outside of the Box Design of the Year Award has been established for miscellaneous packs and materials that are not included in any other category.
GOLD WINNER
2022 Outside of the Box Design of the Year Gold award winner is JBS & Opal Dunnage Solution (Opal)
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Watch the OUTSIDE OF THE BOX DESIGN OF THE YEAR winning video here: https://vimeo.com/ showcase/9670603/ video/729007241
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced OUTSIDE OF THE BOX DESIGN OF THE YEAR SILVER WINNER
2022 Outside of the Box Design of the Year Silver award winners are...
Cadbury Roses limited edition Mother’s Day chocolates (Opal)
ATGA Table Grapes Project (Result Group) BRONZE WINNER
2022 Outside of the Box Design of the Year Bronze award winner is Peter Jackson Garment Box (Production Packaging Innovations) HIGH COMMENDATION WINNER
2022 Outside of the Box Design of the Year High Commendation award winner is Lousy Ink (Close the Loop Group)
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced MARKETING DESIGN OF THE YEAR Packaging can elicit emotional responses in consumers and should be seen as your best form of marketing. The right packaging design and eye-catching aesthetics can create emotional stimuli that ensures a brand is purchased. The Marketing Design of the Year award considers not only primary packaging but also secondary and tertiary packaging designs.
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2022 Marketing Design of the Year Gold award winner is Australia's Most Sustainable Milk Cartons (Brownes Dairy) GOLD WINNER
READ THE WINNER'S FULL STORY HERE
Watch the MARKETING DESIGN OF THE YEAR winning video here: https://vimeo.com/ showcase/9670603/ video/729008253
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced MARKETING DESIGN OF THE YEAR SILVER WINNER
2022 Marketing Design of the Year Silver award winner is Hungry Jack's Uno Promotion (Result Group) BRONZE WINNERS
2022 Marketing Design of the Year Bronze award winner is etch&ethos (EGO Pharmaceuticals)
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced ACCESSIBLE & INCLUSIVE PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR The Accessible & Inclusive Packaging Design Special Award is designed to recognise packaging that is accessible, intuitive, easy-to-open and innovative.
GOLD WINNER
GOLD WINNER
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2022 Accessible & Inclusive Packaging Design of the Year Gold award winner is Voltaren Osteo Gel 12 Hourly (Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare Australia)
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced ACCESSIBLE & INCLUSIVE PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR SILVER WINNER
2022 Accessible & Inclusive Packaging Design of the Year Silver award winner is EzyGrip Cap (Caps & Closures) BRONZE WINNERS
2022 Accessible & Inclusive Packaging Design of the Year Bronze award winner is Nestlé Purina Total Care (Pet Accessories) (Nestlé Purina Australia)
Watch the ACCESSIBLE & INCLUSIVE PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR winning video here: https://vimeo.com/ showcase/9670603/ video/729009320
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced SAVE FOOD PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR The Save Food Packaging Design of the Year award is designed to recognise companies that are working to minimise or prevent food waste from paddock to plate using innovative and intuitive design features that can contain & protect, preserve and extend shelf life; all the while meeting global sustainable packaging targets.
GOLD WINNERS READ THE WINNER'S FULL STORY HERE
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced SAVE FOOD PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR SILVER WINNER
2022 Save Food Packaging Design of the Year Silver award winner is 2DBarcodes by GS1 (GS1 Australia & Woolworths)
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR The Sustainable Packaging Design of the Year award is designed to recognise companies that have developed innovative packaging or processing solutions that incorporates sustainability considerations. Elements include Social, Material, Source Reduction, Energy and Recovery. Due to the continued high standard of innovative designs that cover such a broad spectrum of the waste hierarchy the judges have separated the winners into subset categories. The subset categories for 2022 are: Reuse/Refill, Recycle/Recover, Renewables, Compostable, Industrial, Recycled Content and Closed Loop Collection.
Watch the SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR winning video here: https://vimeo.com/ showcase/9670603/ video/729013230
GOLD WINNER - REUSE/REFILL
2022 Sustainable Packaging Design of the Year - Reuse/Refill Gold award winner is Koh Kerbside Recyclable Spout Pouch Refill Pack (Close the Loop Group) GOLD WINNER
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR GOLD WINNERS - RECYCLE/RECOVER READ THE WINNER'S FULL STORY HERE
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2022 Sustainable Packaging Design of the Year - Recycle/Recover Gold award winners are...
SMARTIES Range Paperisation (Nestlé Australia)
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR SILVER WINNER - RECYCLE/RECOVER
2022 Sustainable Packaging Design of the Year Recycle/Recover Silver award winners are...
Detpak RecycleMe Noodle Cup (Detmold Group)
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Maggi Recipe Base/Mono-PP sachet (Huhtamaki Australia)
2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR GOLD WINNER - RENEWABLES
2022 Sustainable Packaging Design of the Year - Renewables Gold award winner is Australia's Most Sustainable Milk Cartons (Brownes Dairy) GOLD WINNER
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR GOLD WINNERS - COMPOSTABLE
2022 Sustainable Packaging Design of the Year - Compostable Gold award winners are...
GOLD WINNER
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Sugarcane Pulp Hot & Cold Cup Lids (BioPak)
FSC Rectangle Paper Containers (BioPak)
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR GOLD WINNER - INDUSTRIAL
2022 Sustainable Packaging Design of the Year - Industrial Gold award winner is Opal & JBS Dunnage Solution (Opal)
GOLD WINNER
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2022 Sustainable Packaging Design of the Year - Industrial Silver award winner is Amcor Ecotite R (Amcor Flexibles Australia) AIP NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2022
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR GOLD WINNER - RECYCLED CONTENT
2022 Sustainable Packaging Design of the Year - Recycled Content Gold award winner is etch&ethos (EGO Pharmaceuticals) GOLD WINNER
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READ THE WINNER'S FULL STORY HERE
2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR SILVER WINNER - RECYCLED CONTENT
2022 Sustainable Packaging Design of the Year - Recycled Content Silver award winner is BUBBLE WRAP 50% recycled content air pillows (Sealed Air) BRONZE WINNER - RECYCLED CONTENT
2022 Sustainable Packaging Design of the Year - Recycled Content Bronze award winner is Goodman Fielder Praise 100% rPET Bottles (Goodman Fielder) HIGH COMMENDATION WINNER - RECYCLED CONTENT
2022 Sustainable Packaging Design of the Year - Recycled Content High Commendation award winner is Goodman Fielder Meadow Fresh Milk 30% rHDPE Bottle (Pact Group)
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR GOLD WINNER - CLOSED LOOP COLLECTION
2022 Sustainable Packaging Design of the Year - Closed Loop Gold award winner is KITKAT prototype recycled content wrapper (Nestlé Australia) GOLD WINNER
READ THE WINNER'S FULL STORY HERE
SILVER WINNER - CLOSED LOOP COLLECTION
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced INDUSTRY PACKAGING PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR 2022 Industry Packaging Professional of the Year award is designed to recognise and acknowledge the outstanding achievements and contribution by an individual currently working within the Packaging industry in Australia and New Zealand. The judges look for individuals who have demonstrated vision and leadership, shows innovation and not afraid to take risks. This award is for significant and continued contribution of an Individual to the industry over a minimum period of 20 years.
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INDUSTRY PACKAGING PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR WINNER
2022 Industry Packaging Professional of the Year is Dr Carol Kilcullen-Lawrence Sustainability Consultant, UPM Raflatac
READ THE WINNER'S FULL STORY HERE
Watch the INDUSTRY PACKAGING PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR winning video here: https://vimeo.com/ showcase/9670603/ video/729020106
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2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards winners announced 2022 ABA SCHOLARSHIPS The Australasian Bioplastics Association (ABA), in partnership with the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP), is pleased to offer an annual Scholarship program for Australia and New Zealand. The Scholarship program will enable one eligible candidate the opportunity to undertake a Diploma in Packaging Technology valued at $9,000 and a second person the opportunity to undertake a Certificate in Packaging valued at $7,000.
The winner of the first 2022 ABA Scholarship which will enable one person to undertake a Certificate in Packaging is Lea Reynolds AAIP, Commercialisation Manager, Steggall Nutrition.
The winner of the second 2022 ABA Scholarship which will enable one person to undertake a Diploma in Packaging Technology is Mark Saturnino MAIP, Packaging Specialist, Woolworths.
READ THE WINNER'S FULL STORY HERE
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2022 ABA Scholarship winners announced The AIP President’s Scholarship has been designed to work in collaboration with the ABA program to help one additional person undertake either a Certificate in Packaging or a Diploma in Packaging Technology each year. The winner of the 2022 AIP President’s Award is Azadeh Yousefi AAIP with the decision to offer Azadeh a Diploma in Packaging Technology Scholarship.
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Smart packaging design tops the charts The Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design Awards program, now in its eighth year, is going from strength to strength, evolving to reflect our region’s heightened focus on driving innovative design to deliver packaging that meets and exceeds brand owners’ objectives. As exclusive media partner, PKN files this report.
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mony held on 8 July during FoodTech Queensland, the much-anticipated reveal of the 2022 winners took place. Coordinated by the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP), the annual Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards have been established to recognise companies and individuals who are making a significant difference in their field across Australia and New Zealand.
FINESSING FOOD PACKAGING In the 2022 Food Packaging Design of the Year category, judges awarded two high commendations, one to Auspouch for its Frutmac Zippmatic 100% Paperboard Foodtainer, and one to Nestlé Australia for the Nestlé Easter Egg packaging range. A bronze award went to Huhtamaki Australia for its Maggi Recipe Base Mono-PP Sachet; while a silver award went to Opal for its Cadbury Roses limited edition Mother’s Day chocolate box. Caps & Closures topped the category, taking home the gold award for the ThermoShield Temperature Monitoring System for Food. ThermoShield packaging safeguards cool and cold chain products by monitoring temperature through the entire process, using thermochromic
materials designed to change colour when the temperature of a product changes. Th is is usef u l i n transport and warehousing because the ‘over temperature’ stock can be clearly seen. Traceability of any product is enhanced when temperature excursions are detected, and the level of resolution can be macro (container temperature), down to discrete (the individual product) packaging. As a smart packaging application, ThermoShield products ensure there is no overheating of perishable food and temperature-sensitive items in transit and in storage; which is a major cause of food spoilage, loss and waste. Using the locking function available, a record of overheating is permanent and will be identified after a long road or sea shipment. Stock can easily be sorted to remove damaged product prior to warehousing or stocking shelves.
BOTTLED TO SWAP Closely allied to food, the beverage category is another seeing innovation on multiple fronts. The Beverage Packaging Design of the Year award saw a high commendation go to Pact Group for the Norco
ABOVE: Gold winner, Beverage Packaging Design: Synlait Milk’s Swappa Bottle. Gold winner, Health, Beauty & Wellness Packaging Design: Production Packaging Innovations’ DSmile Box. OPPOSITE: Two golds, Food and Save Food Packaging Design categories: Caps & Closures’ ThermoShield Temperature Monitoring System for Food.
100 per cent rPET Milk Bottles; a bronze award to Brownes Dairy for its entry of Australia’s Most Sustainable Milk Cartons; and a silver to retailer Coles for the Coles Home Compostable Coffee Capsules. New Zealand company Synlait Milk took out the gold award for the Synlait Swappa Bottle, designed with clean lines and a retro style with broad shoulders and a large easy pour mouth featuring an embossed Synlait brand logo and ergonomic finger holds allowing optimal hand placement. The Swappa Bottle is sealed with a recyclable closure and the material of choice is food grade stainless steel, selected for its durability, cleanability and its ability to provide product protection ensuring the milk remains fresh, offering an extended shelf-life. The bottle’s physical dimensions allow it to fit refrigerator doors with finger holds positioned for ease of reach. The footprint suits industry
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standardised milk crates, supply chain and manufacturing assets. Adding a smart packaging dimension, each bottle has a unique bottle identifier using a laser etched QR code protected within a recessed base. Integrated QR code functionality allows consumers to scan the code to be directed to the ‘swappabottle’ website. It tracks the bottle’s journey and displays live information on the specific bottle – where it was filled, best before date, how many times the bottle has been reused and, most importantly, how many single-use plastic bottles it has offset.
ELEGANT CRAFT In the Health, Beauty & Wellness Packaging Design category, a high commendation was awarded to Woolworths Group for its Macro Laundry Powder packaging; a bronze award went to Zipform Packaging for its Swisse Earth pack; and a silver was scooped by Ego Pharmaceuticals for its etch&ethos skin care packaging. Walking off with the gold was Production Packaging Innovations, for DSmile Box, the packaging for Australia’s first subscription based, at-home professional daily dental health kit. Intelligently designed and beautifully crafted, Dsmile’s three-step formula offers a new approach to everyday dental care. The packaging has been designed as three layers of sturdy corrugated board inserts, with thoughtful interior
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folds (Corrugami) used to ensure no movement within the kit and the products arrive intact. The middle layer of the insert with productshaped cavities keeps the products in place, presenting them at one level, and maintaining a neat and tidy appearance to the eye as the customer opens the package. The middle insert keeps the products completely still in the pack during transportation, and the third insert is a layer pad with a cavity that accommodates the tray. The top and middle inserts have the D shape holes at the bottom which direct the user to lift each layer. The visual simplicity, premium look, and natural feeling of kraft (unbleached corrugated E-flute board) matched with black imprint provides a recyclable, sustainable, simple yet elegant design.
BOUQUET BOX Two high commendat ions were awarded in the Domestic & Household Packaging Design category, to Nestlé Purina Australia for Nestlé Purina Total Care (Pet Accessories) and Close the Loop Group for the Koh
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BELOW: Gold winner, Domestic & Household Packaging Design: Fig & Bloom Floral Shipper Box.
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Kerbside Recyclable Spout Pouch Refill Pack. Packsize was awarded a bronze for Packsize Australia and Kaboodle, while Earthwise Group received silver recognition for the Earthwise Eco Laundry Scoop Innovation. Triumphing with the gold award, and its second win, was Production Packaging Innovations for the Fig & Bloom Floral Shipper Box designed to house luxury bouquets. The bespoke, monochromatic shipper box is 100 per cent FSC-certified, made from B-flute corrugated board with white top Kraft liner, which is fully recyclable and made from a renewable resource and composed of 60 per cent recycled material. The design provides a moisture-resistant solution, allows adequate air to flow. Structurally, the design includes an additional internal fold-over flap and an insert that is easily locked. This insert creates a separate space for the flower stems and the wrapping of the bouquet. continued overleaf ❯
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HOLOGRAPHIC BRANDING In the Labelling & Decoration Design category, which recognises the addition of content to a pack that creates a unique or innovative appearance, function or communication, a bronze award went to Result Group for its Hungry Jack’s Uno Promotion, and a silver to Billson’s for the Billson’s Christmas Gin label. Caps & Closures took out the gold for its ID-Shield Anti-Counterfeit System, designed to address the challenges Australian product manufacturers and exporters face from lookalike and counterfeit product in their markets. Creating a unique and innovative holographic branding system, ID-Shield is effective in anti-counterfeiting and brand communication. The technology is fully integrated, created in-mould as the product is manufactured, with no added materials, adhesives, inks or printing processes. The functionality of the design boosts product appeal, strengthens consumer confidence in the genuine product, and conveniently works in conjunction with all other tamperevidence devices found in modern packaging. The approach to image creation using ID-Shield means that there is now much greater freedom in a client’s choice of colours, graphics, visual effects, security measures, image position, size and shape to deliver a consumer-captivating demonstration of originality and creativity, adding value to the brand.
MISCELLANEOUS IN THE MIX The Outside of the Box Design of the Year Award has been established for miscellaneous packs and materials not included in any other category.
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The judges awarded a high commendation to Close the Loop Group for Lousy Ink; a bronze award to Production Packaging Innovations for the Peter Jackson Garment Box; and two silvers – one to Result Group for its ATGA Table Grapes Project and one to Opal Group, for the Cadbury Roses limited edition Mother’s Day chocolate box. Opal went on to take the gold for the JBS & Opal Dunnage Solution, a column-like corrugated structure to limit product movement during container transportation of meat exports. The cardboard dunnage can be assembled at JBS in less than 30 seconds from a flat sheet. Chilled meat products are typically vacuum-sealed and placed in boxes that are stacked in export shipping containers. Without the necessary dunnage support, these boxes frequently moved in the containers during transportation and lead to product spoilage and food waste, which is costly for meat and food processors.
ABOVE: Gold winner, Accessible & Inclusive Packaging Design category: Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare Australia’s closure for Voltaren Osteo Gel 12 Hourly. BELOW: Brownes Dairy won two gold awards for ‘Australia’s Most Sustainable Milk Cartons’ in the Marketing Design category and in the Sustainability – Renewables category.
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Many of the current solutions in the market are designed to limit box movement but are constructed from expanded polystyrene (EPS) material, which is not ideal from a sustainability and recyclability perspective at point of destination. Therefore, Opal’s corrugated cardboard dunnage offers a direct replacement for the non-recyclable EPS version that JBS’s export customers can easily recycle with the rest of their used cardboard packaging. More specifically, the dunnage solution is made using corrugated cardboard that consists of 64 per cent Kraft paper and 36 per cent recycled cardboard content and is fully recyclable.
MAXIMISE MESSAGING The Marketing Design of the Year Award recognises designs that deliver eye-catching aesthetics to create emotional stimuli that ensures a brand is purchased. In t his categor y, bronze was awarded to Ego Pharmaceuticals, for its etch&ethos packaging, and a silver to Result Group for the Hungry Jack’s Uno Promotion packagingbased campaign. Brownes Dairy was crowned with gold for its marketing prowess in the positioning of Australia’s Most Sustainable Milk Cartons (Brownes Dairy). With consumers becoming ever more conscious about their impact of the environment, the Brownes Dairy 1 Litre milk in Tetra Rex Plant-Based Craft cartons. With Australian consumers concerned about sustainability and believing that brands should be most responsible for the impact on the environment, this carton and design will drive standout against the competitive set and allow consumers the opportunity to support more sustainable packaging solutions as well as the reforestation initiatives via the Trillion Trees partnership. The packaging also draws significant attention to both the sustainability credentials of the cartons, but also to the great partnership Brownes Dairy has
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established with Trillion Trees, that supports the reforestration of used farmland across Western Australia. The community-based organisation has been active since 1979 in Western Australia and has planted more than 15 million trees.
ACCESSIBLE & INCLUSIVE The Accessible & Inclusive Packaging Design Special Award is designed to recognise packaging that is accessible, intuitive, easy-to-open and innovative. Bronze was awarded to Nestlé Purina Australia for its packaging of Nestlé Purina Total Care (Pet Accessories), while silver went to Caps & Closures for its EzyGrip Cap. Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare Australia walked off with gold for its new integrated closure for Voltaren
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ABOVE: Gold winner, Outside of the Box Design category: JBS & Opal Dunnage Solution. RIGHT: Gold winner, Labelling & Decoration Design category: Caps & Closures’ ID-Shield Anti-Counterfeit System
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Osteo Gel 12 Hourly, which passed Arthritis Australia’s consumer testing to be certified Easy to Open. The tamper evidence and cap can be opened in one simple action and can use larger motor movements like the palm of your hand or edge of a desk to complete the action. The flip top has a high coefficient of friction covering on the outer lid lip to facilitate the application of an upward force during opening of the lid. It has been designed with low opening force to open and close the cap, which arthritis consumers found easy to achieve during testing, and liked the audible feedback ‘click’ when the product is closed correctly. There are no opening instructions needed due to the intuitive design, with the opening point highlighted
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by the blue grip feature on the overhanging cap. Directions for use and other important information is high contrast. The built-in tamper evidence removes the need for internal foil seals which is common in this packaging format and generally requires a high level of fine motor movements. continued overleaf ❯
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SAVE FOOD FIRST The Save Food Packaging Design of the Year award is designed to recognise companies that are working to minimise or prevent food waste from paddock to plate – using innovative and intuitive design features that can contain and protect, preserve and extend shelf life – all the while meeting global sustainable packaging targets. GS1 Australia and Woolworths won silver in this category for 2DBarcodes by GS1, and there were two gold winners. In its third gold win of the day, Caps & Closures triumphed for the ThermoShield Temperature Monitoring System (see page 18), which also won in the food packaging category. Sealed Air NZ also took home gold, for the packaging for Inghams Waitoa Free Range Butterflied Chicken, a premarinated format that enables an easy open and easy cooking experience and that is an easy way to mitigate waste in households. Apart from cooking and storage instructions, and a best-before date, on-pack information includes a scannable QR code offers consumers each access to the Waitoa website for meal inspiration ideas. Nylon can be a nuisance for recycling streams, so a high polyethylene equivalent bag of equal gauge (65 micron) was designed to overcome recycling challenges without compromising abuse resistance and protection. The Cryovac solution incorporates 80 per cent recycled materials in this food-contact packaging application. The vacuum tight hermetic seal keeps poultry fresh and mitigates risks for human contamination. Using the Cryovac brand 80 per cent recycled content barrier pouch, shelf
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a broad spectrum of the waste hierarchy, the judges have separated the winners into subset categories.
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life has increased by 40 per cent to 14 days, attributable to both switching to a high barrier film and optimising processing techniques at Inghams. This pack is Australasian Recycling Label soft plastics recyclable in New Zealand and recyclable through RedCycle/store drop off programs in Australia.
SUSTAINABILITY SHINES The Sustainable Packaging Design of the Year award is designed to recognise companies that have developed innovative packaging or processing solutions that incorporates sustainability considerations. Elements include Social, Material, Source Reduction, Energy and Recovery. Due to the continued high standard of innovative designs that cover such
In Sustainable Packaging Design, due to the continued high standard of innovative designs that cover a broad spectrum of the waste hierarchy, winners [are] separated into subset categories.”
TOP: Gold winner, Save Food Packaging Design category: Sealed Air NZ’s packaging for Inghams Waitoa Free Range Butterflied Chicken. ABOVE: Gold winner, Reuse/ Refill: Close the Loop Group’s Koh Kerbside Recyclable Spout Pouch Refill Pack.
Gold in the Reuse/Refill subcategory went to Close the Loop Group for its Koh Kerbside Recyclable Spout Pouch Refill Pack, made from 100 per cent mono-polymer PE and is Roll ‘n’ Recycle’s first ever kerbside recyclable spout pouch. The pouch can be rolled in a three-dimensional shape with a label attached to help keep the rolled tube form. The previous Roll ‘n’ Recycle concept had a semi-attached label with specifications which included sizing limitations. The new packaging sees t he label redesigned to incorporate a complete detachment from the pouch and the ability to fully roll into the tube shape. This allows for greater stability and reduces the level of stress on the label. As Koh is predominantly an e-commerce brand, the Spout Pouch packaging is lightweight. The refill pack provides a customer with five refills in one pouch for their rigid spray bottle that they can keep at home. The refill pouch provided weights 30g and can hold the same amount of volume as five 114g rigid containers.
RECYCLE/RECOVER Two silver awards were given in the Recycle/Recover category, one to Detmold Group for the Detpak RecycleMe Noodle Cup, the other to Huhtamaki Australia for the Maggi Recipe Base/ Mono-PP sachet. There were also two gold winners in this category. The first is MaCher Australia for the Royal Australian Mint Coin Packaging. This is the first-time moulded fibre has been used to create high-end, premium, collectable packaging – a packaging category that is usually dominated by a heavy use of mixed
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materials, including lacquered timber, leather covered boxes and plastic components. To promote and educate the customer on the new packaging format an educational leaflet, ‘Thank you for your purchase’, was included in the pack communicating the Mint’s focus on sustainability and highlighting the environmental benefits of the new packaging. The redesigned box is made from a single material – moulded plant fibre (blend of bamboo and bagasse) – and includes one print finish for the foil logo stamped on the outer and internal lid. A significant advancement in the packaging is that the pulp box design has a weight of 49 grams compared to the previous packaging weight of 148 grams. This box is designed to be reusable, for the on-going storage of high value, collectible coins. The product is a world-first for the industry and was launched ahead of World Environment Day. The packaging design will be rolled out across The Royal Au s t r a l i a n M i nt ’s St a nd a r d P r o of nu m i s m at ic product range. The second Gold winner is Nestlé Australia for the Smarties Range Paperisation. Smarties is the first global confectionery brand to switch from plastic bag and blocks formats to paper packaging that is recyclable. The materials were selected based on their acceptability in the Australian recycling infrastructure. The use of water dispersible coating allows for separation of non-fibre materials with the fibre backing, allowing recycling in the paper recycling centres. The paper material selection took into consideration product shelf life, manufacturing and supply chain efficiencies; with the aim of matching
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the existing plastic packaging. The Smarties product range, which is considered sensitive, has been packed in paper packaging coated with a high moisture barrier, while still maintaining water dispersible qualities. The maximum reduction in packaging weight has been achieved by reducing headspace where possible. Claims on front of pack illustrate to the consumers that the pack has now transitioned to paper packaging. Using a clever graphic to provide the effect that the packaging underneath is produced using
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ABOVE: MaCher Australia’s Royal Australian Mint Coin Packaging. BELOW: Nestlé Australia’s Smarties Range Paperisation.
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paper material, the claims ‘I’m Paper’ speaks to the consumer. The front of pack also has a call to action to the consumers to ‘Recycle Me’, indicating that the paper material is recyclable. The call-out to ‘Be Smart’ is a play on words on the Smarties brand which is an effective method to further engage consumers on the sustainability message. The Australasian Recycling Label (ARL) is included on all packs to raise consumer awareness on how to recycle the packs. The transition out of plastic packaging removes 20 tonnes of virgin plastic use annually in Oceania. This change has resulted in removal of approximately 250 million plastic packs sold globally every year. continued overleaf ❯
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RENEWABLE In the subcategory Renewables, Brownes Dairy won another gold for ‘Australia’s Most Sustainable Milk Cartons’. The eye-catching packaging is a natural brown colour, converted f rom f ully renewable materials and made with renewable energy. The recent move to Tetra Rex Craft Plant Based drove a further weight reduction of just under four per cent, taking further packaging out of the supply chain. Less packaging material is required to protect the same amount of milk, further enhancing the sustainability credentials of the carton. Brownes Dairy has incorporated the Australasian Recycling Label (ARL) into the pack design. The on-pack artwork provides clear information about its renewable source to aid consumer understanding and awareness of these unique cartons. This education is further amplified through the School Tours programme, which sees 10,000 primary aged school children come through Brownes Dairy’s doors each year (read more on page 20).
COMPOSTABLE BioPak reigned supreme in the Compostable sub-category, where it picked up a silver for its FSC Paper Spoon Straws, and two gold awards. The first gold was for Sugarcane Pulp Hot & Cold Cup Lids, created to match and fit the BioPak eco-friendly hot and cold paper cups already available.
The innovation ensures the lids hold onto cups firmly with a distinctive snap feel when applied to cups. The lids are certified home and industrially compostable to Australian standards (AS4738/AS5810) and made from plant-based, renewable resources and are PFAS free. The second gold was presented for the BioPak FSC Rectangle Paper Containers (BioPak). The new FSC certified rectangular paper containers have been designed to replace the plastic take-away container. They are PLA bioplastic lined to allow them to carry hot, greasy foods without spoiling or breaking. The PLA bioplastic lining is made from rapidly renewable materials. The footprint of these renewable materials is smaller than that of traditional plastics derived from fossil resources – Ingeo bioplastic for instance, has a footprint up to 80 per cent lower. An average cafe using these containers will be able to avoid 455 kg of plastic a year using these alternative BioPak FSC paper containers and lids. Industrially compostable to Australian A S 4736 s t a nd a r d s they are independently tested and verified to completely biodegrade within 120 days in a commercial compost facility, the end product is a non-toxic, nutrientrich compost.
ABOVE: Gold winners, Compostable sub-category: BioPak’s (1) FSC Rectangle Paper Containers and (2) Sugarcane Pulp Hot & Cold Cup Lids. BELOW: Gold winner, Recycled Content category: Ego Pharmaceuticals’ etch&ethos bottles. RIGHT: Gold winner, Closed Loop Collection category: Nestlé Australia’s KitKat recycled content wrapper.
Amcor flexibles Australia took home silver in the Industrial subcategory for its Amcor Ecotite R solution, while the gold went to Opal for the Opal & JBS Dunnage Solution (see page 20). The corrugated cardboard dunnage is made from 64 per cent PEFC-certified Kraft paper and 36 per cent FSC certified recycled paper, and offers a direct replacement for the non-recyclable EPS version. The Opal Dunnage Solution offers greater supply chain efficiencies for both transportation and storage. While EPS dunnage can enable 200 boxes packed per pallet, the JBS and Opal dunnage allows for 1800 per pallet. The ability to store more boxes per pallet results in less trucks on the road, resulting in lower carbon emissions.
RECYCLED CONTENT In the Recycled Content Category, a high commendation went to Pact Group for the Goodman Fielder Meadow Fresh Milk 30 per cent rHDPE Bottle, while Goodman Fielder picked up a bronze for its Praise 100 per cent rPET Bottles. Silver went to Sealed Air for Bubble Wrap 50 per cent recycled content air pillows. Ego Pharmaceuticals won gold for the new etch&ethos bottles, designed from FDA Certified 50 per cent recycled food grade HDPE and offering features for accessibility, reusability, recoverability and recyclability. The 1kg HDPE bottle is designed to refill smaller bottles, and both cap and bottle can be kerbside-recycled in Australia. The smaller 300g bottle with its pump is recyclable without the pump. Both carry the ARL. The bottle is being marketed as an at ‘home pack’ that can be refilled and should be reused multiple times at home by refilling from the larger 1kg pack. Customers can also just purchase the 1kg pack and refill their own home dispenser pack. Both bottles have QR codes that take the customer to the etch&ethos
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website if they would like to reorder through Ego directly for the larger 1 kg packs. The 1Kg bottle also has a label made from non-fossil fuel PE from UPM Raflatac and the ISCC certified plastic film is produced by using sustainable resources to replace an equivalent amount of fossil resources in the production process (mass balance approach). This is the first use of this label in Australia and New Zealand.
CLOSED LOOP COLLECTION The Nespresso Curby Coffee Capsule Collection Program took out silver in this subcategory with gold going to Nestlé Australia for the KitKat prototype recycled content wrapper. The 30 per cent recycled content KitKat prototype wrapper is an Australian first, created to demonstrate
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the potential for advanced recycling in Australia using Australian post-consumer soft plastics. The prototype wrapper was created by a coalition of companies in the Australian value chain who brought their individual expertise together to process collected waste soft plastic, convert it to oil, and produce Australia’s first soft plastic food wrapper made with recycled content. The coalition with a shared vision includes: 1. REDcycle and CurbCycle, who collected households’ soft plastic waste, some from REDcycle in-store bins and some from the kerbside collection trial (conducted by Nestlé, iQRenew and Curbcycle on the NSW central coast). 2. iQ Renew sorted the collected soft plastics and created a
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processed engineered feedstock. 3. Licella converted the plastic to oil using their Australian-developed C a t-H T R adv a n c e d recycling technology. 4. Viva Energy Australia refined the synthetic oil. 5. LyondellBasell made food grade polypropylene. 6. Taghleef Industries created a metalised film. 7. Amcor printed and created the wrapper and finally, 8. Nestlé wrapped the KitKat – keeping it fresh and safe to eat. The KitKat prototype wrapper program has showcased what is possible collaboratively and has been supported by a call to arms to industry to get involved and on-going advocacy continuing to spread the word and build support for advanced recycling in the region. ■
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‘Passionate, quiet achiever’ recognised by industry Dr Carol Kilcullen-Lawrence, sustainability consultant, UPM Raflatac has won the 2022 PIDA Industry Packaging Professional of the Year award.
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labelling, Kilcullen-Lawrence has over 30 years’ experience in the packaging industry, having held various roles including technical and marketing and for the last decade, sustainability. The PIDA judges concurred that she has contributed significantly to the industry and the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP), and is recognised as a positive, passionate, and quiet achiever for the industry. Starting her career with a role as technical services manager with Jac Australia, Kilcullen-Lawrence progressed to marketing manager where the opportunity for product development arose by working on specific technical challenges faced by customers. This led to some novel products, including adhesives for medical applications like blood donation labels. Her current role as sustainability consultant to UPM Raflatac has provided her with an opportunity to tackle some of the challenging aspects associated with label waste from a converter’s perspective, combined with responsible sourcing and the technical aspect of ensuring the label is exactly matched with the package to enhance package recyclability. With a background in Polymer Chemistry and her PhD gained at Loughborough University of Technology, UK, KilcullenLawrence has a good understanding of the science of the vast array of packaging materials – why each type may be selected to protect a product and carry vital information for the consumer, then be recoverable as a resource once discarded, plus a multitude of steps in between. Acknowledged for her significant contribution to the industry, Kilcullen-Lawrence has been awarded a Fellowship of the AIP and has served on the board as southern director and immediate past president. She is a lecturer on the University of Melbourne Master of Food and Packaging Innovation and has also attained the internationally accredited Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) designation that is recognised in over 60 countries. In September last year, she featured on the PKN Podcast with Petrina Bint, general manager labels at Wedderburn, in a
She has contributed significantly to the industry and the AIP, and is recognised as a positive, passionate, and quiet achiever for the industry.”
discussion on recycling label liners and in particular, original label release liner recycling service, RafCycle. Kilcullen-Lawrence takes her passion for sustainability into her personal life. Involved in surf life saving for over 10 years, patrolling and training surf rescue skills, she launched the inaugural Green Patrol this season at Hampton Life Saving Club. The event involved a beach clean by the local community, including a snorkel crew with an under-water litter pick, and presentations to the club’s nippers, demonstrating the impact of litter by the Marine Mammal Foundation. Local politicians were invited, together with Life Saving Victoria and the day was such a success that plans are underway for the next Green Patrol to be rolled out state-wide. ■
ABOVE: Kilcullen-Lawrence has been involved in surf life saving for over 10 years, and launched the inaugural Green Patrol this season at Hampton Life Saving Club. ABOVE LEFT: Dr Carol KilcullenLawrence – committed contributor to Australia’s packaging industry
ABOUT THE AWARD: The Industry Packaging Professional of the Year award recognises and acknowledges the outstanding achievements and contribution by an individual currently working within the packaging industry in Australia and New Zealand. The judges look for individuals who have demonstrated vision and leadership, show innovation and are not afraid to take risks. This award is for significant and continued contribution to the industry over a minimum period of 20 years.
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e AIP would like to take this opportunity to welcome Camilo Serrano h MAIP, Packaging Technologist, Don KRC - George Weston Foods to the Institute and share a little bit about who he is and what he does in the industry. Please join with us in welcoming him to the AIP.
1. Why did you join the AIP? What benefits do you believe the AIP offers all their members? Camilo: I joined the AIP because it is a well recognised organisation that can help achieve my personal and professional goals. The benefits they provide to their members are great. The variety of courses and programs they have on offer are well structured and designed. In addition, the opportunity of becoming a Certified Packaging Professional is simply extraordinary as it is internationally recognised.
Camilo Serrano MAIP Packaging Technologist Don KRC George Weston Foods
2. H ow long have you been in the industry? What are your areas of expertise? Camilo: I have been in the Packaging Industry for over seven years, both internationally and in Australia. I have had the opportunity to develop skills in the design and development of Packaging for Cosmetics as well as for Food (FMCG) Thanks to being part of R&D Departments, I also have developed a great understanding of Project Management, Innovation and Leadership. 3. What is your current job role and what are your responsibilities? Camilo: I am currently working for DON KRC - a division of George Weston Foods - as a Packaging Technologist. My main responsibilities are: 1. T o provide technical support in the design, development and commercialisation of packaging components as agreed by the business. 2. Project managing and working with cross functional teams on packaging development projects. 3. Assisting the Manufacturing site with technical support. 4. Assisting in identifying innovations in the packaging field for the development of New Products. 5. Identifying cost saving opportunities. 6. A ssisting the business to achieve 2025 sustainability targets and transitioning to a circular economy.
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ANZ WorldStar trophies have arrived
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ith the recent arrival of the WorldStar Award trophies across Australia and New Zealand, celebrations are continuing with those who were unable to attend the physical event. More photos to come in the next newsletter.
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Rhima wins WorldStar Award Schulz Organic Dairy - Beverages Category
Simplot Australia wins WorldStar Award Edgell Super Crunch - Packaging Materials & Components Category
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ANZ WorldStar trophies have arrived
Zipform wins 2x WorldStar Awards rPUMP - Other Category, Pana Organic Drink Blends - Labelling & Decoration Category
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or the last month the AIP have provided a group of lecturers as a part of the Master of Food & Packaging Innovation degree at the University of Melbourne.
The Master course is a partnership with the AIP and this year we saw new course content and many new lecturers. A huge thank you to all of the lecturers: Prof Pierre Pienaar FAIP, CPP, Ralph Moyle FAIP, CPP, Dr Carol Kilcullen-Lawrence FAIP, CPP, Adam Norris, Richard Smith FAIP, Nerida Kelton MAIP, Grant Davies, Michael Dossor MAIP, Andrew Readman, Gail McLeod MAIP, George Ganzenmuller FAIP, CPP and Alexandra Brayshaw MAIP. This was the first time in three years, since the pandemic started, that some of the lecturers were in-person and some were on-line.
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he AIP not only had an exhibition stand at FoodTech QLD but we also had the opportunity to showcase all of our 2021 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Award winners in a fantastic area. We also showcased some of the recent WorldStar Packaging Award winners for 2022. This area as extremely well-received and was a talking point for many people during the twoday exhibition.
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FoodTech QLD AIP Packaging Conference sessions
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he AIP coordinated three packaging session with 15 expert speakers at the 2022 FoodTech Qld Conference, that was held throughout the two-day exhibition on the 7th and 8th of July at the Gold Coast Convention centre. The content for the conference has been curated by leading industry professional bodies the Australian Institute of Food Science & Technology (AIFST ), and the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP). The AIP must send a massive thank you to all of the speakers who gave of their time and came to Queensland to support the event. Thank you to Barry Cosier MAIP, Director - Sustainability, AFGC, Dr Nicole Garofano MAIP, HUB Team, PlanetArk, Ebony Johnson, Policy Manager, National Retail Association, Alan Adams MAIP, Sustainability Director APAC, Sealed Air, INDAnhely Millán MAIP, Innovation Manager, Pact Packaging, Sally Carter, Procurement Manager, Brookfarm, Edward Whitehead, Managing Director, Cyclpac, Lars Ljung, Sustainability Manager, Planet Protector PackagingUSJoe Foster FAIP, CEO, Close the Loop Group, Mark Barthel, Chief Operating Officer, Stop Food Waste Australia, Mark Mitchell, Chairman, AFCCC, George Ganzenmuller FAIP, CPP, Innovation Manager, Opal Fibre Packaging, Warwick Armstrong MAIP, General Manager Business, Development & Marketing, Kuraray,Nerida Kelton MAIP, Executive Director, Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP), Ralph Moyle FAIP, CPP, Education Coordinator, Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP).
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Redesigning food & beverage packaging top of mind at FoodTech Qld
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ith the 2025 National Packaging Targets and 2030 Food Waste Targets looping closer, now is the time to rethink and redesign food and beverage packaging, according to a group of panellists who spoke at the recent FoodTech Qld event. Innovation and design thinking were covered in this session, along with details on how to embed circular design practices into packaging design processes and to better understand what innovations are standing out on shelf in the region.
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“And the solution must be really around the circular economy – we’ve got to try and think about ways to put it back into the true circular economy. “We’re talking about reuse, collection, and redistribution back into the actual packaging network itself. This is where we’re going to have to start working together. Industry, brand owners, supermarkets, retail chains, and the government, need to all come together because it’s not just one Abigail Ford solution that will work across all.”
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Close the Loop Group CEO Joe Foster
Close the Loop Group CEO Joe Foster FAIP said design innovation not only helps a business stay ahead of its competitors and resonate with consumers, but also that these innovative and intuitive packs are more sustainable and offer a much lower environmental impact to previous designs. “The biggest challenge we’ve got within recyclability is flexible packaging itself and when we talk about the challenge around recyclability of flexible packaging, it is its end of life – the ability to try and reuse, recover, and essentially repurpose packaging material,” he said. “With the amount of soft plastic out there, the supply is certainly greater than the demand which means there’s plenty of soft plastic currently going to landfill. Until we find a solution for the end of life of soft plastics – something that’s going to be suitable for direct contact with food – that challenge will be there for certainly longer than 2025.
Pact Packaging innovation manager Anhely Millán MAIP addressed how innovation drives the circular economy and what Pact Packaging does to help its customers to achieve national and global packaging targets. She identified some findings from a recent global study commissioned by Pact, which found that consumers are driving the change towards a more sustainable future – especially following COVID. “One in four consumers support brands with social causes, 34 per cent of them use brands that support environmentally-friendly packaging, 44 per cent rate a company’s ethical supply chain as a factor nice to have and 30 per cent seek information on packaging,” she said.
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Redesigning food & beverage packaging top of mind at FoodTech Qld AIP hosted packaging session
“With consumers wanting to reduce their personal footprints, there needs to be an increased public awareness about the circular economy and businesses need to offer brand transparency, public education, endorse community projects and invest in R&D. “Recycled content and recyclable materials are no longer enough; we need to work on preventing waste from being created. So, co-operation and collaboration is also definitely key to achieve all the targets and everything needed for best practices. “Failure to act will be detrimental to the future success of brands. I really do encourage you to start thinking of how you’re going to achieve your 2025 targets – at least to start on something however small now and then progressively move to a more sustainable supply chain solution.”
As it can be rolled into a cylindrical 3D shape, it can be separated and sorted into the plastics stream, and therefore recycled with all the other plastic materials. “We’ve had positive feedback from our consumers around the ability to recycle the packaging as well as encouraging us to take the leap of faith and actually expanded across our entire retail range,” Carter added. As such, she said that Brookfarm will be transitioning the packaging of its entire retail range to this format by the end of the year.
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Brookfarm head of procurement Sally Carter
Brookfarm head of procurement Sally Carter showcased the company’s award-winning packaging design that has been recognised locally and globally for standing out. Carter spoke about how the design of Brookfarm’s kerbside recyclable, high barrier stand up pouch – created in conjunction with Close the Loop Group – offers significant shifts in materials, reductions in environmental impacts, is light weighted, and includes recycled content. “From a business perspective, Brookfarm adopted sustainable practices early on – like using solar power within our facility and regeneration of the farm,” she said. “However, we had a challenge on the consumer side five years ago around what we could do as a business to have a product that can either be biodegradable, compostable, or recyclable and driven through our customers.
Cyclpac managing director Edward Whitehead spoke about the solution it created for Melbourne Coffee, which won the PIDA Sustainable Packaging Design of the Year (Recycle) gold award in 2021. The solution is a 100 per cent recyclable bag from a single source polymer group with a technical barrier to oxygen and moisture for the coffee brand. With the knowledge this will contribute to the ease of recycling, it is fully aligned with the European strategy for soft plastics recycling and a circular economy. “As packaging designers, we have an overwhelming responsibility to food safety and the preservation of food. So whatever you do in designing packaging or putting it together, make sure it serves its primary purpose, which is to arrive to the client in good condition,” Whitehead said. “And if you can do that and extend the shelf life, which should be a big focus of your solution, you must do it. One extra day of shelf life is massive for a retailer so this is something we should focus on.
“At the same time, we needed to have a premium product that ensures the right shelf life of the product, that can be manufactured with the right speed and efficiency, as well as providing a print quality on a recyclable packaging.”
“With Melbourne Coffee, we created a solution using a limited colour pallet to keep the print coverage to a minimum to support ‘end of life’ recycling but without compromise to design aesthetic and appeal. Keeping ink coverage low and using a white substrate to support artwork reduces inputs and supports ease of recycling and material composition.
The final solution created allows consumers to transform the empty, 100 per cent Polyethylene packaging into a 3D shape suitable for their home recycling bin and enabling it to be recycled.
“We also had on the package critical ‘on packaging’ calls to action, combined with clear signposting of appropriate recycling streams in both Australia and Europe provided through ARL, OPRL and Red Cycle.
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Redesigning food & beverage packaging top of mind at FoodTech Qld
AIP hosted packaging session
“Consumers need guidance about recycling or disposal, and clear labelling schemes support this process even if it means we don’t have it our system yet. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t design our products with it.”
come flat packed. Government legislation around the world is moving to phase this material out. And if this product is stored in warehouses, they face increased insurance premiums because it is a flammable material,” he said. In response to the challenges, Planet Protector created Woolpack, a recyclable or compostable liner with enclosed wool that is micro-perforated to allow the wool fibres to breathe and create a natural cooling system for products in a box or pouch. “The wool that we use is 100 per cent biodegradable – there is no additives or adhesives used to make the product and it comes flat-packed to save space. Woolpack liners can be reused multiple times, often more times than poly boxes which easily crush and break apart in rough transport.
Planet Protector Packaging sustainability manager Lars Ljung
Planet Protector Packaging sustainability manager Lars Ljung spoke about how the company is on a mission to eliminate polystyrene from supply chains. “Polystyrene has been in the industry for over 70 years. It’s very difficult to recycle and has basically become a bit of a ‘problem child’ in the packaging industry. Some of the other issues with polystyrene is that it is expensive to store because it does not
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AIP Save Food Packaging FFW CRC PhD Candidate gets published
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uby Chan AAIP, PhD Candidate, School of Design RMIT University, recently had some of her research published that focusses on improving packaging to help reduce household food waste.
Part of the solution is to encourage greater collaboration between the research community and industry; the goal of this current article is to present information that would assist. She compared packaging-related household food waste solutions recommended in the academic literature (specifically, primary consumer empirical studies) to those identified from food/ beverage–packaging industry articles. The review covered a 16-year timespan from 2006–2021, globally, to collect data on packaging functions/formats, materials, and food groups. What she observed is a ‘research–practice gap’, where research recommendations differ from industry developments. One finding is that, while most of the packaging functions/formats suggested in the empirical literature have precedence for commercial availability, many packaging solutions developed by industry are not acknowledged in the empirical literature. Other findings are presented in the article. To help provide solutions to address this ‘research–practice gap’, Ruby presented her research findings in a way that is conducive to helping both researchers and industry to identify areas of relevance to act upon. As such, she provides recommendations on combining the unique contributions of researchers and industry to create a fuller picture of HFW, to help facilitate more effective implementation of packaging solutions to help reduce HFW.
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Packaging solutions for household food waste in the context of the food/ beverage–packaging industry: A comparative review of empirical literature and industry press releases
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A R T I C L E I N F O Keywords: Household food waste Food packaging Reducing food waste Consumers Food and beverage industry Sustainability
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Interest is increasing among researchers and industry regarding packaging’s potential to reduce household food waste (HFW). Researchers have recommended packaging solutions and the food/beverage–packagin have developed packaging solutions; g industry are the recommendations and developmen ts related? This review paper connects academic recommendations to industry practice by identifying and comparing packaging solutions industry press-release articles to from the HFW drivers and packaging solutions identified in primary empirical studies. The review covers consumer a 16-year timespan from 2006–2021 , globally, to collect data on packaging functions/formats, materials, and food groups. The analysis shows that industry developments differ research recommendations. While from most of the packaging functions/fo rmats suggested in the empirical have precedence for commercial literature availability, many packaging solutions developed by industry are not acknowledged in the empirical literature. Combining the unique contribution s of research within and external industry creates a fuller picture of to HFW, supporting more effective implementa tion of packaging solutions to help reduce it. There is an opportunity for industry to implement a greater number of packaging formats aligned most frequently reported HFW to the drivers. Enabling greater collaboratio n between the research community industry by bringing together this and literature in a critical review is a major contribution of this paper.
1. Introduction The United Nations Sustainable Developme nt Goal (SDG) 12.3 calls for global action to halve food waste (FW) by 2030 (United Nations General Assembly, 2015). Approxima tely one-third of all the food produced for human consumption globally is discarded, bringing significant environmental, economic, and social damage (Gustavsson et al., 2011; Hanson and Mitchell, 2017). Across the world, a substantial proportion of FW occurs at the consumer level and especially in households (Flanagan et al., 2019). Household food waste (HFW) accounted for 61% of all global FW in 2019 (Forbes et al., 2021), so an effort to reduce HFW is therefore likely to contribute significant progress to the UN SDG Goal. The potential benefits of action are significant as food systems consume nearly 30% of global available energy (FAO, 2015). This contributes to the larger SDG 12 on responsible consumption and production. This comparative literature review will support the ‘act’ stage of the
Target-Measure-Act approach by providing direct information to assist the development and implement ation of packaging solutions to help reduce HFW for a more sustainable future. The Target-Measure-Act approach helps to drive action to reduce FW by setting FW reduction goals, measuring FW, and implement ing reduction strategies (Champions 12.3, 2020). Packaging plays a role in sustainable food systems as it helps to reduce FW (Verghese et al., 2012), preventing waste of the land, water, and energy resources required to produce, process, manage, and deliver food to consumers (FAO, 2013). This paper provides critically-assessed, aggregated informatio n from empirical studies and industry developments for researcher s and the food/beverage–packaging industry to take action to reduce HFW. In comparison to previous studies, the combined researcher -industry perspective links specific packaging products developed by industry to reduce HFW (from industry press releases) to the specific HFW drivers (from empirical research) these packaging address. This paper therefore facilitates
* Corresponding author to: College of Design and Social Context, RMIT University, RMIT University School Mebourne, VIC 3000, Australia. of Design, Building 9, Level 4, 124 La Trobe Street, E-mail address: ruby.chan@student.rmi t.edu.au.
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ANZPAC roadmap launched
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he Australia New Zealand Pacific Island Plastics Pact (ANZPAC), has released an exciting new resource, the ANZPAC Roadmap to 2025, which outlines the collaborative approach required to achieve the ANZPAC Regional Plastics Targets by 2025. ANZPAC brings together key players to develop solutions for plastic, where it never becomes waste or pollution. The release of the Roadmap marks a significant milestone in the effort to substantially change our relationship with plastic packaging. It is a product of the collaboration between over 100 organisations across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands over the past year. The Roadmap sets out a pathway that will substantially change our relationship with plastic packaging to be more sustainable and, ultimately, develop a circular economy for plastics in the Oceania region. It identifies and outlines the responsibilities of each organisation across the supply chain and aligns them to the major outcomes of each Target. This document is the result of extensive discussions between more than 100 organisations across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands over the past year and highlights what can be achieved when we work together as a region to overhaul our relationship with plastic packaging and develop long-term sustainable solutions. Members of ANZPAC are committed to achieving these targets through shared knowledge, industry-led innovation, coordinated action and investment as part of the globally aligned Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) Plastics Pact Network. Click here to access full report
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Soaring energy costs? What your business can do to take control
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s widely reported in the media; between weather disasters, geopolitical conflicts, and coalfired power station outages and foreclosures, the shift in demand and supply for energy has resulted in large movements across the energy market. This is having a significant impact on electricity and gas prices. Key things you should consider: • As reported in Choice Energy’s market update, large movements in the National Electricity Market are negatively impacting those coming out of large energy contracts, with many businesses not knowing what to do next. This is where an expert can help! • From July 1, business energy bills will lead to increased network costs and rates for small to medium businesses. • With rising costs, many business owners are looking to commercial solar with a renewed focus. Given an ability to tap into a range of enhanced government incentives, solar is delivering stronger ROI than ever before. Request your Complimentary Energy Review today Get in touch with Choice Energy for your complimentary energy review to see if they can help you save on your energy costs and whether solar is viable for your business. Contact Alex Townsend on 0435 080 646 or alex.townsend@choiceenergy.com.au
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Packaging Fellows Reunion
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number of our long-standing AIP Members got together for a reunion. Many of the Members are now retired from the industry and catch up once a year to discuss all things packaging. This fine group of gentlemen represents just under 300 years within the AIP.
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ur very own Nerida Kelton was invited under her role as Vice President for Sustainability & Save Food at the World Packaging Organisation ( WPO) to par ticipate in the Unboxing Your packaging podcast with Colienne Regout. Episode #25: Match your packaging design for recycling and beyond, such as for food safety! This episode discusses the World Packaging Organisation, the Global Pack aging Design for Rec ycling Guide, the Global Waste Stream Mapping guides, the WorldStar Pack aging Awards and the Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards. Click here to listen to the full podcast
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AIP Executive Director Nerida Kelton MAIP talks about the AIP Advocacy work in a recent podcast and shines a light on all of the educational and training programs that the Institute offers Australia, New Zealand and Asia. Click here to listen to the full podcast
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he AIP are sad to advise that Max Busby, Fellow of the Institute and a Member since 1988 passed away on Sunday the 3rd of July 2022. Max is survived by his wife Noela, father of Kerri-Ann, Brenda, Alison and Cathy, stepfather to Robyn, Greg, Carmel, Stephen and Alison. He was also Papa to 13 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Max was always an innovator and developed the rigid plastic beverage container many years ago. He will be missed by all in the packaging industry.
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Up-Coming Virtual Courses, Webinars & Tradeshows AUGUST 2022 2022 AIFST Convention WHEN: 23 & 24 August 2022 WHERE: Melbourne
Australasian Waste & Recycling Expo (AWRE) 2022 WHEN: 24 & 25 August 2022
AIP packaging sessions alongside
WHERE: I nternational Convention Centre Sydney WHAT: D iscover an exciting showcase of full circle innovative products and sustainable solutions to collect, process and recycle waste more smartly. Future critical areas include Machinery & Equipment, Software & Services, Bins, Vehicles, Food & Organics and more. Connect with an influential community of waste and recycling professionals, suppliers/service providers, government departments, public sector bodies and special interest groups to successfully drive change throughout your specialist area.
AIP to speak at 3x AWRE Conference Sessions
AIP to partner with AWRE 2022
WHEN: 24 & 25 August 2022 Conference sessions, Training Course and an AIP stand WHERE: International Convention Centre Sydney WHAT: R eturning to AWRE in 2022, the free-to-attend Seminar Program tackles the industry’s most challenging and compelling issues today and into the future, through a program of carefully curated seminars and panel discussions. Covering critical topics impacting the future of waste and recycling in Australia, the AWRE Seminar Program will include discussions of key industry actions and insights from across policy & regulation, trends & insights to practical and tangible solutions from innovators shaping the future direction for Australia. DAY 1: WEDNESDAY, 24 AUGUST 2022 - 11:30 am - 12:30 pm SAVE FOOD PACKAGING DESIGN The most innovative and intuitive Save Food Packaging uses design features that can contain & protect, preserve, extend shelf life, easily open and reseal, provide consumer convenience and portion control; all the while meeting global sustainable packaging targets. Opportunities for packaging design to minimise food waste can include better facilitation or communication around portion control, date labelling, extension of shelf life, protection, resealability and openability, serving size, food safety/freshness information, information on storage options and improved communication on packs. The AIP has been working on guidelines that will help to design Save Food Packaging to minimise food waste from paddock to plate using innovative and intuitive design features and this session will showcase some award winning best practice examples of what good look like. Australia needs to build a sustainable food system that delivers food security, considers social, economic and environmental impacts and no longer sees food waste heading to landfill. This is where innovative Save Food Packaging (SFP) Design has a role to play within the Food System. SPEAKER:
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Up-Coming Virtual Courses, Webinars & Tradeshows AUGUST 2022 AIP to speak at 3x AWRE Conference Sessions WHEN: 24 & 25 August 2022 WHERE: International Convention Centre Sydney DAY 1: WEDNESDAY, 24 AUGUST 2022 - 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm AUSTRALASIAN RECYCLING LABEL PROGRAM: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR SME’S Since launching in 2018, the Australasian Recycling Label Program (ARL Program) has *=1 continued to go from strength to strength, welcoming hundreds of Members and enjoying CPP PT international recognition as a best practice labelling program. During this session, join the team for a deep dive into the upcoming ARL SME Program, in which the four collaborative association partners will work to support small and medium sized businesses to adopt the ARL on their packaging. Developed alongside key industry associations the Australian Institute of Packaging, the Australian Food & Grocery Council, and the National Retail Association, the Program is designed to help smaller businesses fulfil their responsibility to tell their customers how to recycle correctly – and help push Australia towards achieving the 2025 National Packaging Targets. The session will feature a dynamic panel discussion looking into the Program, outlining how the process will be made easy for small businesses to drive uptake of the ARL. This includes the upcoming launch of the ARL Marketplace, a new and simplified way for SMEs to purchase sustainable packaging that contains the ARL. Join the session to find out more, including how you can work with your supply chains and stakeholders to help facilitate ARL uptake and drive the development of a true circular economy for sustainable packaging. SPEAKERS: Barry Cosier MAIP
Nerida Kelton MAIP
Director - Sustainability Australian Food & Grocery Council
Executive Director Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP)
Ebony Johnson Policy Manager, National Retail Association
Lesley Fox APCO
DAY 2: THURSDAY, 25 AUGUST 2022 - 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm CIRCULAR & SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING DESIGN INCLUDING SPG’S The purpose of this session is to discuss how companies can integrate Sustainable Packaging Design into the right business areas, to achieve the optimal outcomes for packaging functionality and to collectively work to meet local and regional government regulations such as the 2025 National Packaging Targets, the Plastics plan, Single Use Plastics (SUP) Regulations and more. This session will help you to understand how to start applying Sustainable Packaging Design in your business and will enable attendees to gain a better understanding of how using and applying packaging design principles can help any sized business to lower their environmental impacts, reduce packaging and products waste and meet regulations. The session will also include Best Practice Examples from across the Globe in Sustainable & Circular Packaging Design. SPEAKER: Ralph Moyle FAIP, CPP
Education Coordinator Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP)
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n these uncertain times, many of Tenants may argue that a Government our clients are looking for answers, ban on occupation of, or trading insights and solutions to the issues from, the premises frustrates the lease. Flexible Now & Into The Courts Future:however, Traininghave Course raisedPackaging: by COVID-19. been reluctant to WHEN: 24 August 2022 enforce this doctrine in circumstances AsWHERE: businesses for a range of ofCentre a temporary AWRE prepare 2022, International Convention Sydney change (eg short-term scenarios, including those mandated closure). It is therefore likely the lease One of directives, the fastestwe growing segments of the packaging byWHAT: Government consider will continue during industry, any short-term flexible facing packaging combines best qualities plastic, film, a major concern tenants today. theperiod of forcedofclosure.
If I am forced to close my premises due to a Government directive, will I be in breach of my lease? To No be held alongside AWRE Answer: Most leases contain an obligation for a tenant to keep their premises open. It is unlikely this obligation can be enforced where the Government orders or mandates closure. This is because paper and aluminium foil to deliver a broad range of protective leases will most likely also contain a properties while a minimum of material. Typically taking the shape of a bag, pouch, liner, or overwrap, As a tenant, what are my employing rights under Can I stop paying rent? provision requiring a tenant to comply packaging is defined packageNo, or any a package whose be readily changed. directives. my lease?flexible Will my lease allow me as to anyAnswer: butpart thatofdoesn’t mean youshape withcan laws and Government terminate because theinCOVID-19 don’t have options Leading theofway packaging innovation, flexible packaging adds value and marketability to food and non-food products pandemic? Non-payment of rent: This will most This would trump any other alike. From ensuring food safety and extending shelf life, to providing even heating, barrierlikely protection, ease of use, Answer: Unlikely likely amount to a breach of the lease conflicting tenant obligation. resealability and superb printability, the industry continues to advance at an unprecedented rate. Right to terminate: Although each lease and entitle the landlord to terminate The life cycleterms, attributes flexibleand packaging demonstrate many sustainable advantages. Innovation and technology will contain different leasesofrarely seek damages. Time to check your lease terms have enabled flexible packaging manufacturers to use fewer natural resources in the creation of their andon contain an express right for a tenant to The above informationpackaging, is provided improvements in production processes have reduced water and energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and volatile terminate a lease. Rent abatement for inability to access a general basis only. Now more than organic compounds. premises: Most leases will contain ever, the specific terms of each lease are Force majeure: In Australia, there is no for rent abatement and should be reviewed carefully. The Flexible Packaging: Now & Intoprovisions the Future training course will coverunder the basiccritical fundamentals of flexible packaging, its common law doctrine of ‘force majeure’. certain circumstances. These typically benefits, how you chose the specific structures to match the product, its performance, marketing challenges and how the A tenant can only rely on this doctrine relate to situations where the centre Businesses of all sizes are facing packaging is manufactured. if their lease contains a force majeure or premises have been damaged or unprecedented challenges in light of With the latest challengesleases. facing us destroyed. regarding sustainability in packaging course discuss of theCOVID-19. options, pros We andcan conssee clause. This is rare in commercial It is therefore unlikelythe that thewill outbreak of Compostability vs Recyclability and other alternative materials now available. As an add on, the course will be looking these provisions will be able to be relied and feel the pressures and stresses that the future plans for flexible packaging recycling meetour the 2025 National Packaging Targets. Breach ofatquiet enjoyment: Tenants upon and by aavailable tenant to supportoptions a claimtofor clients face. We are here to help in may consider terminating their lease rent abatement. any way we can and encourage tenants Course Objectives: on the basis that the landlord has failed to contact us to clarify their contractual The objectives of the course are to provide participants an understanding of: to provide ‘quiet enjoyment’. If such Commercially: From a commercial rights under their leases. • Atogood broad understanding the benefitshowever, of Flexible packaging. failure is due a Government mandated of perspective landlords are acutely he process of manufacturing. shutdown,• Tcourts are unlikely to view aware in these challenging times of the Gina Szwider such closure a breach of thelies landlord’s they may face in replacing • Washere the future with flexibledifficulties films and the changes ahead. Bespoke, Principal ‘quiet enjoyment’ obligation. the tenanttrends if they • Snap shot of some of the latest packaging andadopt what an are‘aggressive’ the driving forces.gina.szwider@bespokelaw.com approach, such as terminating the lease. * = 12.5 www.bespokelaw.com • Understanding the challenges facing us with the sustainable packaging race toward. Frustration: Frustration brings a contract CPP PTS toLECTURER: an end. This occurs where, through Tenants should consider strategically Joshua Lipshutz no fault of either party, an intervening approaching landlords for an initial Bespoke, Associate Principal FAIP discussion to explore options for relief event makes performance of Joe theFoster contract josh.lipshutz@bespokelaw.com Education Team impossible or radically different. or assistance. www.bespokelaw.com Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP)
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Up-Coming Virtual Courses, Webinars & Tradeshows AUGUST + SEPTEMBER 2022 Sustainable Packaging SMART Project Bootcamps & One-on-One Sessions WHEN: Region: Western Australia Date: Wednesday, 31st August 2022 Time: 9:00am –1:30pm AWST
Region: New South Wales Date: Wednesday, 14th September 2022 Time: 9:00am –1:30pm AEST
WHERE: Via Zoom WHAT: The Entrepreneurs’ Programme and Australian Institute of Packaging would like to invite eligible SMEs to participate in this Sustainable Packaging SMART Project with a focus on improving sustainable packaging practices within your business. The Entrepreneurs’ Programme has developed a Sustainable Packaging SMART Project for eligible SMEs with revenues between $1.5m to $100m ($750k eligibility for Northern Australia). This will provide access to industry networks, expert resources and up to $20,000 (matched) grant funding to progress your sustainable packaging goals and increase your capability to meet the 2025 Sustainable Packaging targets. The project also offers up to 12 months direct individual business assistance, along with collective, peer group knowledge and skill development activities. Sustainable Packaging ultimately ensures that the design provides the lowest possible environmental impact compared to existing or conventional packaging. Sometimes achieving the lowest possible environmental impact can be challenging, particularly when balancing various environmental criteria with other functional and commercial considerations. This support will help you to navigate the new ways packaging needs to be designed for your business. Businesses are turning to sustainable packaging for many reasons, including to meet the 2025 Sustainable Packaging targets, corporate social responsibility, reducing their carbon footprint, reducing unnecessary packaging and waste, increasing sales — and because retailers and consumers are demanding it as a key global movement. Each event will be hosted online via Zoom. Whilst these events are focussed on regions, eligible business are encouraged to register an EOI from anywhere in Australia.
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Up-Coming Virtual Courses, Webinars & Tradeshows SEPTEMBER 2022 Introduction to Packaging's Role in the Cold Supply Chain Training Course
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WHEN: 15 September 2022 WHERE: Via Zoom WHAT: We need to build a better reputation of managing fresh food supply and delivery, at all levels of the cold chain. Cold chain integrity is somewhat lacking, excessive food losses are common. Improving the cold supply chain can halve food wastage by 2030. Preliminary and conservative estimates put the cost of food waste within the cold food chain at $3.8 billion at farm gate values. We need to gain an understanding of the extent and the costs of food waste in the cold chain and set up systems for opportunities for improvement. Lack of understanding of the importance of temperature is one of the main reasons for food wastage. With the greatest risks for perishable food occurring during transportation and handling between mobile and stationary refrigeration points. There are sometimes significant temperature variations between truck or trailer, loading docks and storage facilities. Become familiar with the causes of food wastage in the cold chain, to help improve Australia and New Zealand’s cold chain processes and standards. Those of us that are involved in packaging need to work towards a universally adopted code to help all cold chain practitioners lift their compliance record. OBJECTIVES: • Understand the mechanisms and need for a suitable cold supply chain. • Understand the design and implementation of a good workable cold supply chain system. • Gain insights as to why cold supply chain is important and how best to rectify current shortfalls. • Obtain an understanding of the part that packaging people play in the cold supply chain. • Into the future you will need to have knowledge of the cold supply chain so as to make the right decision to avoid huge food wastage. WHO SHOULD ATTEND: • Retailers, manufacturers, businesses interested or involved in cold supply chains. • Any business in packaging looking to enact change to avoid food wastage in the cold supply chain. • Anyone who works in Supply Chain & Logistics, Transport & Distribution, Packaging, Procurement and Operations. LECTURER:
Prof Pierre Pienaar MSc, FAIP, CPP Education Director - Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) President - World Packaging Organisation (WPO)
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OCTOBER 2022 Pack Expo International 2022 WHEN: 23 - 28 October 2022 WHERE: Chicago, IL - USA WHAT: P MMI, the producer of PACK EXPO International, and the city of Chicago, are thrilled to welcome back the packaging and processing industries after four years! Nothing compares to in-person events—and PACK EXPO International is the event to be seen. From connecting with old colleagues and friends to forming new relationships, being at the show in-person means being in the heart of the action. Plan to be part of it in October 2022.
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Up-Coming Virtual Courses, Webinars & Tradeshows NOVEMBER 2022 PROPAK Vietnam 2022
WHEN: 9 to 11 November 2022 WHERE: Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center, Ho Chi Minh City WHAT: ProPak Vietnam 2022 is the largest and most international trade event for the rapidly expanding processing and packaging industries in Vietnam and Indochina. This annual event is dedicated to technology suppliers involves in the food, drink and pharmaceutical processing and packaging, plus the printing and labelling industries, bringing together thousands of industry leaders and professionals from all segments of the supply chain under one roof. Not only sourcing the best-of-breed products and technological solutions, visitors to ProPak Vietnam 2022 will also have the opportunity to network with over 550 high-profile exhibitors from more than 30 countries around the world, discuss potential business partnerships, as well as exchange knowledge and perspectives with a plethora of thought leaders and industry experts .
2023 GLOBAL EVENTS ProPak Philippines
AIP to host training course alongside
WHEN: 1 - 3 February 2023 WHERE: World Trade Centre Metro Manila, Pasay City, Philippines WHAT: ProPak Philippines is the leading international processing and packaging trade event for the Philippines. It is the perfect platform for market trends, investments and industry networking through product exchange and a variety of conferences, seminars and technical workshops offering sustainable solutions for the country’s enterprises.
Interpack
WHEN: 4 - 10 May 2023 WHERE: Dusseldorf, Germany WHAT: Interpack is far more than just a packaging show. As the world's leading trade fair, it is the major inspiration for the packaging industry and all related process technologies. 2,700 exhibitors from more than 60 countries will present their latest ideas, innovate concepts and technological visions at interpack - not only in equipment and machinery for packaging and processing, but also in production tools for packaging materials, materials themselves, and services for the entire industry.
Foodpro 2023
AIP to host training course & more alongside
WHEN: 23 - 26 July 2023 WHERE: Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre WHAT: F oodpro is Australia's largest, and longest running, trade event dedicated to food production, manufacturing and distribution. Industry leaders gather, make big business deals, network and explore the latest products and solutions to create an efficient future for manufacturing.
FoodTech PackTech 2023
AIP to host training course & more alongside
WHEN: 19-21 September 2023 WHERE: Auckland Showgrounds WHAT: Together providing a forum for education, discussion and the sharing of knowledge and expertise, critical in the sustainability and growth of the industry. Held only once every two years FTPT is a must attend event providing visitors with the opportunity to come face-to-face with the experts and discover the freshest ideas, latest technologies and the newest developments entering the F&B manufacturing and packaging technology industries. Featuring the Materials Handling & Logistics Expo, the event will attract 250+ local and international exhibiting companies and some 4,500+ qualified visitors – a must attend event for anyone involved in one of New Zealand’s fastest growing industry sectors.
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REUNITING THE WASTE & RECYCLING INDUSTRY IN AUGUST 2022. The waste, recycling and resource recovery industry has continued to boom with the increased attention, not only at a consumer level, but also at a commercial and industrial scale. AWRE is where waste professionals come together to join forces and showcase a world of solutions towards a cleaner, more sustainable future. Discover new and innovative solutions, learn from industry leaders and build face-to-face connections as the thriving sector reunites at AWRE 2022.
NEW INITIATIVES COMING TO AWRE 2022 RESOURCE RECOVERY SUMMIT: GETTING TO 80%
NETWORKING DINNER
The Summit is hosted by NWRIC and WCRA, along with Major Partner NSW EPA, for high level collaboration between industry, government and waste generators. The Summit will cover topical areas such as municipal solid waste, commercial and industrial as well as construction and demolition.
AWRE’s very first Networking Dinner will be the ideal forum to network with dignitaries and reconnect with the waste, recycling and resource recovery sector.
INNOVATION ZONE This zone is established to showcase the latest innovative solutions that have hit the waste & recycling market since January 2020.
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SEE IT. EXPLORE IT. EXPERIENCE IT. PACK EXPO International is back in Chicago, giving you the unmissable opportunity to explore technology, materials and reinforce industry connections. Discover innovative solutions for packaging and processing, automation, sustainability, e-commerce, and more at the most comprehensive packaging and processing event in the world in 2022!
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AIP: Peak Professional Body for Packaging Education & Training in Australasia The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) is the peak professional body for packaging education and training in Australasia; helping to shape the careers of generations of packaging professionals – from packaging technologists to international packaging business leaders along with a host of people in associated disciplines – sales and marketing, purchasing, production and environment. The AIP was founded in 1963 in response to a need for packaging technologists to interact and provide a professional identity for individuals within the packaging industry. Having served the industry for over 59 years the AIP is the only professional body designed to provide professional and personal development to all levels of the packaging industry; educational offerings include the Diploma in Packaging Technology, the Certificate in Packaging, the Master in Food & Packaging Innovation, Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) Designation, Fundamentals of Packaging Technology course, half-day training courses, conferences, technical forums, site visits, Influential Women’s Mentoring program, internship program and more. The AIP covers Australia, New Zealand and parts of Asia. To find out more email info@aipack.com.au or www.aipack.com.au
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Annual Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards Coordinated by the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP), the Annual Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards are designed to recognise companies and individuals who are making a significant difference in their field in Australia and New Zealand.
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PIDA Categories include: Food • Beverage • Health, Beauty & Wellness • Domestic & Household Labelling & Decoration • Outside of the Box • Sustainable Packaging • Save Food Packaging Accessible & Inclusive Packaging • Marketing • Young Packaging Professional of the Year Industry Packaging Professional of the Year • ABA Scholarships The PIDA Awards are the exclusive award program for all Australia and New Zealand entries into the prestigious WorldStar Packaging Awards, which are coordinated by the World Packaging Organisation ( WPO). The AIP are the Member for Australia and New Zealand for the WPO. To find out more email pida@aipack.com.au
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