Tip Top has introduced 100% recycled and recyclable cardboard bread tags in what is reported to be an Australian first. [ + ]

This year's Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation Annual Awards celebrated sustainable packaging innovation, commitment and ingenuity in the packaging industry. [ + ]

A novel and efficient way to recycle lithium from rechargeable batteries has been developed and patented by Finnish energy company Fortum. [ + ]

A biomethane-to-gas project will see thousands of Sydney homes and businesses using renewable green gas for cooking, heating and hot water. [ + ]

CEBIC has launched in Victoria, creating a collaborative hub to create solutions to reduce waste, increase recycling and reuse, and generate new revenue for Victorian businesses. [ + ]

The ASPIRE online marketplace matches up businesses to exchange, reuse and recycle materials that would otherwise be diverted to landfill. [ + ]

Old, unwanted and potentially unsafe child car safety seats will be given a new lease of life under a government-funded program that will recover and recycle the seats. [ + ]

Environment Victoria has welcomed the state government's $797 million package of measures to boost energy efficiency in the state. [ + ]

A Dutch company has developed a waste-monitoring technology that will allow restaurants, caterers and other companies to drastically decrease food waste. [ + ]

A concrete slab carpark made partly from recycled soft plastics is under installation at Coles Horsham, cementing a partnership between Coles, RED Group, Replas and RMIT University. [ + ]

A discovery by the UNSW SMaRT Centre could start a 'green aluminium' manufacturing revolution and bolster efforts to advance Australia's manufacturing industry. [ + ]

Planet Protector Packaging has won the inaugural 2020 Ocean Impact Pitchfest for its sustainable thermal packaging solution that plans to eliminate polystyrene from supply chains. [ + ]

Siemens and mining services supplier Murray Engineering have developed a high-powered electric vehicle charging station for use at mines — below and above ground. [ + ]

Renewable energy producer Neoen has reached financial close on Western Downs Green Power Hub — a 460 MWp solar farm located near Chinchilla in South West Queensland. [ + ]

ARBS Exhibitions is launching a series of online seminars featuring leaders, academics, organisations, associations and experts in the HVAC&R and building services industry. [ + ]