We all know to put used packaging waste in our recycle bin at home because there is a yellow lid bin available and it is good for the environment - but what do we do at work?
For too long the packaging industry has been a soft target for criticism about its performance in packaging waste management.
As well as taking out the Best in Show Award, Kimberly-Clark Australia received the Personal Care and Cosmetics Packaging Action Award for its packaging weight reduction and sustainable design initiatives.
Blackmores has continued its Evolution success, having won last year’s Pharmaceutical Packaging Action Award, after being awarded the highly commended in this category, sponsored by Cospak.
Ego Pharmaceuticals received the winner’s trophy in the Pharmaceutical Packaging Action Award, sponsored by Cospak, for implementing numerous solutions to minimise packaging waste
Electrolux was the winner of the Household Goods Packaging Action Award for its EPS recovery and recycling program.
The Packaging Evolution Awards reward National Packaging Covenant signatories that have shown excellence in packaging waste management and reduction of packaging waste by completing and reporting against a NPC action plan.
The 2nd annual Packaging Evolution Awards presentation, held at WatersEdge Sydney in September, recognised those companies that are National Packaging Covenant signatories and have achieved exceptional results in packaging waste management.
Packaging magazine's editor congratulates finalists in the Evolution Awards and speculates on the results of a recent online poll addressing sustainability and packaging.
The winners of the Packaging Evolution Awards were presented with their awards this morning at a presentation breakfast, held at Watersedge, Sydney.