Kate Tilley Correspondent [email protected] +61 (7) 3831 7500 See All Staff Page Recent Stories Faster action needed on packaging, recycling rules, Pact Group chairman says The chairman of Australia's biggest plastic packaging company, Pact Group Ltd., has called on the Australian Government to speed the planned legislative change to enforce mandatory recycled content in plastics packaging. Australia's Samsara adds funding to commercialize depolymerization An Australian company that is commercializing an infinite plastics recycling process has just raised another A$100 million (US$65.5 million) in a new funding round. Australia needs EU-style plastic tax, research group says An Australian research group has called for a European Union-style levy on virgin plastic packaging to raise funds to find alternative materials to plastics. Pact chairman's takeover bid falls short The takeover bid for Australian plastics packaging manufacturer Pact Group Ltd. has fallen agonizingly short for the company's chairman, who launched the bid in September 2023. Australian committee calls for major updates to halt plastic pollution An Australian federal government committee has made 22 recommendations for actions related to plastic pollution in the nation's oceans and waterways following an inquiry. Glad in court over 'ocean plastic' greenwashing allegation in Australia Australia's competition watchdog is taking action against another plastic product manufacturer for allegedly making false claims about the origin of recycled content in its products. Qenos, Australia's only ethylene maker, major PE supplier, enters administration Australia's only ethylene manufacturer and a major polyethylene producer, Qenos Pty. Ltd., has gone into voluntary administration only days after its Chinese owner sold the company. Yogurt maker alters wording on its tubs over greenwashing complaint An Australian yogurt manufacturer has been forced to change the wording on its plastic tubs after Australia's competition watchdog investigated it for making false claims the tubs were made from 100 percent ocean plastic. Pact takeover slowed by unhappy investors An Australian billionaire's takeover bid for major plastics manufacturer Pact Group Holdings Ltd. has been stymied by a group of disgruntled investors. Australian packaging firm Pact edges closer to new ownership A group like by Pact Chairman Raphael Geminder is edging closer to full ownership, but the journey has been arduous. Pact Group suitor defends takeover bid An independent expert has said a takeover bid for one of Australia's largest plastic packaging companies by its current chair is "opportunistic." But the suitor is defending the offer. Pact Group takeover bid rejected as ‘neither fair nor reasonable' An independent expert has said a takeover bid for one of Australia's largest plastic packaging companies by its current chair is "opportunistic." Australia financing projects to modernize recycling infrastructure The Australian government has committed A$250 million (US$160 million) to a Recycling Modernization Fund (RMF), of which A$60 million (US$38.4 million) is dedicated to the RMF's plastics technology stream. Pact Group chairman launches takeover bid The move comes only a month after Australia-based Pact sold 50 percent of its reusable plastic crate pooling business to global infrastructure investment manager Morrison & Co. Ltd. New Zealand expands its ban on hard-to-recycle plastics Stage two of New Zeland's ban on hard-to-recycle and single-use plastics began July 1 and bans the sale of items such as single-use straws, plastic produce bags and labels, and plastic cutlery. Load More
