Call for better packaging options
During Recycling Week (16th – 22nd October) ecostore is challenging Kiwi businesses to make mindful packaging decisions and take responsibility for the waste they are creating.
During Recycling Week (16th – 22nd October) ecostore is challenging Kiwi businesses to make mindful packaging decisions and take responsibility for the waste they are creating.
In what they believe is a world-first, Southern Cross and the New Zealand Veterinary Association have developed a food safety Paws Off! symbol to use on food and beverage packaging, to warn humans which foods are ‘not ok’ to share with their beloved pets.
A limited run of approximately 900 of the prototype bottles have been produced.
Chief Executive Katherine Rich says the FGC has been working with its members since 2019 to support a move away from hard-to-recycle plastics.
The prestigious awards are seen as the benchmarking event for the printing, packaging, signage and graphic arts industries.
Judging took place before lock down began in New Zealand and results will be announced later this month.
Customers can buy a 1-litre glass bottle for filling from the in-store dispenser.
The in-store dispensers offer consumers a shopping experience that is free of single-use packaging.
Lewis Road Creamery’s 100% recyclable (rPET) milk bottle has been recognised in the special Sustainability Category.
The company will use the new facility to develop ‘functional, safe and environmentally friendly packaging solutions’.
Onfire Design is an Auckland-based branding and packaging design agency.
The new sustainable punnets are up to 98% plastic free signalling the start of their journey to using 100% recyclable packaging.