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International Conference on

Recycling and Waste Management

October 03-04, 2019 | Melbourne, Australia

Journal of Environmental Waste Management and Recycling | Volume: 02

Towards 2025 National Packaging Targets

Brooke Donnelly

Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO), Australia

n response to China’s National Sword, Australia’s

Commonwealth, state and territory environment

ministers, and the President of the Australian Local

Government Association, agreed to establish a sustainable

path for Australia’s recyclable waste. With regards to

packaging, Ministers agreed to reduce the amount of waste

generated and make it easier to recycle products. As a first

step, Ministers announced a historic target to make 100% of

packaging in Australia reusable, recyclable or compostable

by 2025 or earlier. In 2018, Ministers committed

governments to work with the Australian Packaging

Covenant Organisation (APCO) to deliver this target.

The Implementation Plan for the 2025 National Packaging

Targets has been developed in the context of increased

attention on waste policy in Australia and internationally.

This heightened focus is a result of increasing concern

about the environmental impacts of packaging waste, such

as the harmful effects of marine debris.

Recently the Federal Government committed $3m to

support four new recycling education and resource

recovery projects in Australia, which are being delivered

by APCO and Planet Ark Environmental Foundation. The

funding is part of the Federal Government’s $203m package

to increase recycling and reduce waste, protect Australia’s

unique threatened species and restore our waterways and

coasts, and will provide essential resources and support to

drive the delivery of the 2025 National Packaging Targets.

APCO’s presentation will detail how our priority projects

and collective action model are driving a circular economy

for packaging which will result in reduced packaging waste

and pollution, and improved product lifestyle management.