• Foodmach board member and Strategy & Sales director, Phil Biggs, with former Food & Drink Business journalist, Pippa Haupt, at APPEX 2024.
    Foodmach board member and Strategy & Sales director, Phil Biggs, with former Food & Drink Business journalist, Pippa Haupt, at APPEX 2024.
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Food & Drink Business journalist Pippa Haupt talks with Phil Biggs about Foodmach's Instant Palletiser at foodpro 2023. 

Packaging News

APCO has released its 2022-23 Australian Packaging Consumption and Recovery Data Report, the second report released this year in line with its commitment to improving timeliness and relevance of data. 

The AFGC has welcomed government progress towards implementing clear, integrated and consistent changes to packaging across Australia, but says greater clarity is needed on design standards.

It’s been a tumultuous yet progressive year in packaging in Australia, with highs and lows playing out against a backdrop of uncertainty caused in part by the dangling sword of DCCEEW’s proposed Packaging Reform, and in part by the mounting pressure of rising manufacturing costs. Lindy Hughson reviews the top stories for 2024.