PLAY Food & Drink Business News Bulletin: 30 September

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Packaging News

The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation, Australian Council of Recycling and Boomerang Alliance have issued a united call for nationally consistent extended producer responsibility for packaging, following the administration of a major plastics recycler and confirmation that no new Commonwealth packaging scheme will be introduced this term.

PKN’s latest print issue is hitting desks and landing in inboxes, bringing readers up to speed with the innovations, partnerships and industry achievements shaping packaging across Australia and New Zealand.

The voluntary administration of Recycling Plastics Australia has placed about 60 Adelaide jobs and a significant part of Australia’s plastics-processing capacity at risk, intensifying industry criticism of the Federal Government’s decision not to introduce a national packaging scheme during its current term.