In the plastic debate, public concerns and action often focus on items such as plastic bags and coffee cups. While these are hugely important – especially as they are often the items disappearing dow ...
Why Go Plastic Free? (Post)It seems like a rather obvious question. After all, if you're on this site, you must have some idea of why plastic-free is a good idea. But it never hurts to revisit the reasons for cutting down wast ...
How Does Composting Work? (Post)What are BioPak Aiming to Do?Dealing with the end of life of a product can be challenging. Dealing with a product’s end of life is a challenge, as the waste industry—and the participants in the indus ...
Why Zero-Waste Restaurants are the Answer (Post)Why a zero-waste restaurant? A 100 per cent zero-waste restaurant is one step towards a solution to the plastic crisis. Australians produce 70 million tonnes of waste each year. This includes 8 mi ...
Why So Much Push Back on Plastic-Free? (Post)Despite overwhelming evidence that plastic is harmful, we are still producing and consuming it in vast quantities. We know we need to ditch plastic. If you're reading this, you know we need to ditch ...
Success Story: How One Business is Making Zero-Waste Coffee (Post)The social enterprise start-up Kua, thanks to a City of Sydney grant, has devised the zero-waste solution of 'lending' coffee beans to local businesses and taking back the coffee grounds for re-use.
Our Goal: Zero Waste to Landfill (Post)Australians are pretty good at recycling. We take pride in separating our garbage so that glass, plastics, paper, and aluminium can be recycled – forgive my cynicism, but it might be the only environ ...
Why we Love FSC-Certified Paper (Post)Do you know what FSC-certified paper is? How the FSC ensure their paper and wood is eco-friendly and environmentally responsible? If not, read on. Paper-Based Packaging and its Potential Problem ...
DO'S and DON'Ts for Delivery and Takeaway (Post)When moving to takeaway food, if only temporarily, make sure it will complement your business not detract from it. In light of the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing, we find new regulations ...
Retail Companies Going Plastic-Free and Dealing with COVID-19 (Post)Flora & Fauna, founded in 2014 by CEO Julie Mathers, is an ethical, cruelty-free beauty business which has won the Power Retail Sustainable Retailer Award. Beauty products are often one of the ha ...
5 Bioplastic Myths Busted (Post)BioPak aims to distribute environmentally sustainable packaging – such as bioplastics and certified commercially compostable packaging Bioplastics, PLA-lined coffee cups and compostable packaging are ...
The Truth about BioPlastic (Post)Information about bioplastics can be confusing and even incorrect. Here, we debunk some of those myths. Bioplastics, PLA-lined coffee cups and compostable packaging have been in the spotlight with mu ...
Nine Customers Delivering the Sustainable Goods (Post)The amount of business' getting on board with making the switch to sustainable and compostable packaging genuinely puts a smile on our faces everyday. Making a difference can be as simple as swapping ...