The path to decarbonising container glass
Glass has some great sustainability credentials but it’s ‘Achilles’ heel’ thas always been the emissions from its production. But this is beginning to change....
Glass has some great sustainability credentials but it’s ‘Achilles’ heel’ thas always been the emissions from its production. But this is beginning to change....
Global beverage company Lion has released its 2021 sustainability report which highlights its progress against its targets for 2030. It also outlines a reshaped sustainability strategy guided by an environmental, social, governance (ESG) framework. Some key sustainability achievements are: A 28% reduction in scope 1 and 2 carbon...
MEDIA RELEASE: Asahi Beverages has unveiled a new sustainability agenda as it uses its significant scale to create a more sustainable future for Australia and New Zealand. The agenda introduces new targets while incorporating previously announced ones, helping protect our planet and build a more sustainable...
Schnappa Rock owner Nick Keene. Nick Keene is the owner of popular Northland restaurant and bar Schnappa Rock, in Tutukaka, which has been working hard to embed recycling and sustainability into its DNA. The Hospitality industry faces unique challenges for recycling glass which Nick, as a...
The increase in glass recycling in and around Alexandra has seen the Alexandra Wastebusters operation become a hub for the area, requiring greater capacity to store glass for transport. Glass from the town and surrounding settlements has increased over the past three years, culminating with a...
A New Zealand-made cosmetics company is taking its sustainability practices to the next level, with the help of the Glass Packaging Forum, by developing a take-back and refill programme. As a company whose ethos is founded on people, planet and being animal-friendly, Aleph Beauty Operations Manager...
While COVID-19 Alert Level 4 and 3 interrupted most recycling services around the country some councils found ways of ensuring recyclables could still be collected....
When it comes to sustainability the waste hierarchy is the simplest and often best guideline, and it’s no different for packaging. In the hierarchy reuse is king and no other packaging material is better suited to this than glass. While reusing glass bottles and jars at scale around New...
It’s finally happened – a New Zealand government has taken the plunge and announced its intention to declare priority product, and thereby bring about regulated product stewardship for the first time....
The Government’s announcement that it is working towards co-designed and regulated product stewardship for a number of products, including packaging, is a huge step in the right direction for New Zealand’s war on waste, says the Glass Packaging Forum (GPF). Associate Minister for the Environment Eugenie Sage today announced a...