This week’s Top 5 stories

Take a look at the stories that caught everyone’s attention on the Food & Drink Business website this week: China removes wine tarriffs; Hive Awards finalists revealed; global cocoa supply shortages on the rise; Vow unveils new animal creation and brand; and Suntory Oceania inks Celsius beverage deal. 

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Packaging News

Catalyst has acquired Planet Ark’s Product Stewardship Hub. CEO Brooke Donnelly and Planet Ark CEO Adam Culley map the path forward for growing materials recovery.

APCO has appointed Sarah Cook as its next CEO, bringing experience in packaging investment, recycling technology and business transformation to the role. She succeeds Chris Foley who departs the organisation at the end of November.

Australia’s plastics recyclers have taken their fight over the Federal Government’s packaging reform backflip to a national TV audience, with iQRenew and ACOR telling Nine’s 60 Minutes that cost of living is no excuse.