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Beulah, Greenspace to explore hydroponic urban farming at Southbank
Melbourne-based developer Beulah has joined forces with Sydney's Greenspace, a pioneer in community vertical farming, to launch Melbourne's inaugural urban farm at the Southbank site earmarked for the construc...
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Biopak acquires reusable cup company Huskee
Established in 2017, Huskee is known for the HuskeeCup, a modular, reusable cup made from recycled coffee husks.
Woolworths, four overseas peers to launch US$125 million venture capital fund
The fund will invest in start-ups that use technology to improve customer experience, boost productivity or address sust...
PepsiCo extends environmental partnership with Clean Up Australia
The collaboration is a two-year team engagement programme.
Aldi UK launches flat wine bottles from Australia
The bottles are lightweight, fully recyclable, and made from fully recycled PET, weighing just 63g, nearly seven times l...
Australia’s soft drink habit is leading to a plastic crisis, says Refilled founder
The research also found that Australians purchase 15 billion plastic bottles every year, including bottled water and oth...
Singapore startup creates ‘bean-free’ coffee from bread, soy and barley
The process takes just 48 hours – and the taste can replicate coffee qualities from Ethiopia or Columbia in the same fac...
Winners of Australian Sustainable Seafood Awards announced
Coles and Aldi were among the winners this year.
Too Good To Go launches mobile marketplace for surplus food in Melbourne
The marketplace helps tackle food waste by allowing retailers, restaurants, bakeries, and cafes to sell their excess foo...
The circular economy: what is it all about?
The circular economy is a term that is appearing more and more in the media and you may have been wondering what it’s al...
Arnott’s to develop sustainable packaging solutions with Paco and UNSW
The program's goal is to address the packaging challenges faced by the F&B industry.
What is ‘greenhushing’ – and why is it on the rise in corporations?
"A lot of companies are hesitant, including us, to talk about any of our sustainability work."
Metcash and 7-Eleven join environmental initiative
The campaign seeks to convert difficult-to-recycle soft plastics into food-grade packaging and other materials.
Visy launches ‘heavy-weight’ recyclable shopping bags
Visy GM for strategic retail Fiona Macleod, said the new paper bags are for shoppers who care about their environmental ...
Soft plastics recycling is back, but only in 12 supermarkets
The trial underway in 12 Melbourne supermarkets intends, once again, to provide customers with an in-store option for re...
Visy spends $50 million upgrading its glass recycling factory
The plant can recycle up to 200,000 tonnes of glass each year.