News
Keep up to date with the latest APCO news, including Member achievements, updates from our sustainable packaging programs and progress towards the 2025 National Packaging Targets.
APCO Unveils Priority Projects Schedule
The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) has today announced its schedule of priority projects for the 2020/21 financial year.
APCO Announces June Sustainability Webinar Topics
The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation has today released the June schedule for its highly successful Weekly Community Webinar series.
New Guidance to Address Confusion Over Compostable Plastic Packaging
The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO), the Australasian Bioplastics Association (ABA) and the Australian Organics Recycling Association (AORA) unite behind common approach to compostable plastic packaging.
Reporting 101 - Report Review Process, Editing Details and Resources
In this Reporting 101 edition, we will cover the following topics: Action Timeline, Detail on the report review process, Tips of logging in and editing details, Resources and Webinar links
Our Packaging Future Report Launches to Outline Critical Steps Required to Deliver Australia’s 2025 National Packaging Targets
Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environment Management, The Hon Trevor Evans MP, and the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO), today launched ‘Our Packaging Future’, the new strategic framework outlining how Australia will deliver the 2025 National Packaging Targets
ANZPAC Plastics Pact to Tackle Plastic Waste Crisis in Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands
The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) has today announced at the Federal Government’s National Plastics Summit in Canberra that APCO will lead the development of the ANZPAC Plastic Pact, the latest to join the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s global Plastics Pact network.
Reporting 101 - Sign-off for Reports & APCO and Packaging Resources
In this Reporting 101 edition, we will cover the following topics: Action Timeline, Ensuring your CEO/equivalent content is aware of the sign-off process for APCO Annual Report submission, Resources, Workshop and webinar links.
Reporting 101 - Resources, Workshops & how to be Audit Ready
In this Reporting 101 edition, we will cover the following topics: Action Timeline, Being audit ready, Report resources, Workshop & webinar registration links and ARL reporting requirements
New Report Maps Packaging Waste Ecosystem and Progress on Australia’s 2025 National Packaging Targets
The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) has today released Australian Packaging Consumption and Resource Recovery Data, a new report outlining the flow of packaging in the Australian resource recovery system.
Reporting 101 - Changes, Resources and Logging into the Reporting Tool
In this Reporting 101 edition, we will cover the following topics: Action Timeline, Preparing contacts for the Reporting Tool, Changes to the Annual Report for 2020 and Updated Sustainable Packaging Guidelines
Reporting 101 - Collecting Data and Operations Criteria
In this Reporting 101 edition, we will cover the following topics: Action Timeline, Ensuring you have data for the 2020 APCO Annual Report, Packaging Metrics resources and Packaging Sustainability Framework Operations criteria.