IKEA’s report highlights company’s sustainability progress
Swedish furniture retailer IKEA has released its Sustainability Report FY18, which highlights its progress across its value-chain and franchise system.
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Progress on the path to halve food waste by 2030
The Federal government has taken a key step towards halving food waste by 2030, with new research showing Australians created 7.3 million tonnes of food waste across the food supply and consumption chain in 2016-17, the equivalent of 298kg per person.
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Despite reduction in wastage, Australians still threw away $8.9bn worth of food in 2018
The Rabobank Food Waste Report has found that Australians have significantly reduced the food they waste year-on-year by $700 million, with the research revealing a seven per cent reduction from $9.6 billion in 2017 to $8.9 billion in 2018. This equates to a back pocket saving of $160 per household a year.
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Recycling tops packaging trends in 2019
Consumers are increasingly concerned about the environmental impact of plastic packaging, and this is set to continue with Innova Market Insights identifying ‘Recyclable by Design’ as its top packaging trend for 2019.
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Used Australian tyres being dumped overseas, according to TSA
Used Australian tyres are being dumped overseas with little regard for how they are recycled or disposed of, according to Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA).
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National Litter Index highlighting positive trends and areas of opportunity
The Keep Australia Beautiful (KAB) 2017/18 National Litter Index (NLI) has been released and shows positive trends across the nation and identifies areas of opportunity.
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Accountability can reverse plastic pollution crisis, according to WWF report
The global plastics pollution crisis will only worsen unless all actors across the plastics value chain are made more accountable for the true cost of plastics to nature and people, warns a newly published WWF report.
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Only half of packaging waste is recycled, according to new report
The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) have launched a new report, which was developed in partnership with the Institute of Sustainable Futures (ISF), to map out the current state of post-consumer packaging in Australia.
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QUT researchers turning sugarcane waste into biofuel and bottles
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researchers and Mercurius Australia have commenced work on a pilot plant to prove the economic viability of turning sugarcane waste into either jet and diesel fuel or chemicals that could be used to make plastic soft drink and beer bottles.
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New research explores on-site waste treatment for clean energy production
A recent study from the University of Technology Sydney’s (UTS) Institute for Sustainable Futures is exploring the viability of food scraps and sewage from Broadway’s One Central Park tower being treated on-site for the production of clean energy.
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