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Evolution Awards Finalists announced

  •  31 July 2009
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Evolution Awards judges Llewellyn Stevens, Pierre Pienaar and Emeritus Professor Harry Lovell have concluded their deliberations and finalists in 10 Awards categories are be detailed in Packaging Magazine's August issue.

"All the entries in this year's Evolution Awards were outstanding," says Packaging Magazine editor Anna Game-Lopata.

"That is a resounding compliment for the packaging waste management initiatives of the packaging industry as a whole. Keep up the good work and congratulations to all our finalists."

The 2009 Evolution Awards Finalists are:

Food Packaging Action Award: proudly sponsored by Sealed Air Cryovac

  • Yum Restaurants International (KFC)
  • Anchor Foods
  • PACE Farm
  • Campbell Arnott's

Beverage Packaging Action Award, proudly sponsored by Sidel Group

  • The Yalumba Wine Group
  • O-I Australia
  • Amcor Glass
  • Coca-Cola Amatil

Pharmaceutical Packaging Action Award, proudly sponsored by Colorpak

  • Blackmores
  • Johnson & Johnson Pacific

Retail Packaging Action Award

  • ALDI stores
  • Garden City Plastics
  • Coca-Cola Amatil

Personal Care and Cosmetics Action Award

  • Kimberly-Clark Australia
  • PZ Cussons
  • Colgate-Palmolive

Community Partnership Action Award

  • The Queensland Government
  • Amcor

Most Innovative Solution in Packaging Waste Management

  • Confoil
  • O-I Australia
  • Transpacific Industries

Most Outstanding Demonstration of Packaging Waste Management in Australia

  • Colmax Glass
  • Yum Restaurants International (KFC)
  • Campbell Arnott's
  • O-I Australia

Most Outstanding Demonstration of Packaging Waste management in New Zealand

  • Transpacific Industries
  • Astron Plastics

Full details of Finalists' projects are published in the August issue of Packaging Magazine, out now. Winners will be announced at the Evolution Awards Gala dinner to be held Wednesday August 19, at L'Aqua, Cockle Bay in Sydne's Darling Harbour.

"See you there at 6.00pm for a 6.30 start," Game-Lopata says.

Initiated and run by Packaging Magazine through its publisher Reed Buisness Information, the Evolution Awards is the only Australian industry awards program that specifically rewards National Packaging Covenant signatories (and others) for their packaging waste managment and packaging redesign initiatives aimed at reducing waste to landfill.

The 2009 Evolution Awards marks is the 4th Annual event for this innovative industry awards program.

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