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December e-news
Minister Garrett launches Westfield project
Federal Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, the Honourable Peter Garrett helped launched a new recycling initiative on November 13. Westfield Shopping Centres plan to install recycling bins at 35 centres and by doing so divert more than 600 tonnes of cans and bottles from landfill each year, that's 150,000 shopping trolleys! This project is thanks to a partnership between industry and government under the National Packaging Covenant. Read more here
 (Left-Right) Kate Carnell (CEO Australian Food and Grocery Council), Warwick White (Managing Director Coca-Cola Amatil), Peter Garrett (Federal Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts), Robert Jordan (Managing Director for Westfield Australia New Zealand), Gareth Edgecombe (Managing Director Coca-Cola South Pacific).
New $5.4 million WA glass recycling plant
Although WA residents conscientiously recycle their glass, because there were no glass reprocessing facilities in Perth, used glass was either sent to landfill or trucked to Adelaide, both costly and environmentally unsustainable. The National Packaging Covenant and Colmax Glass are proud to be major partners in a new $5.4 million glass reprocessing plant soon to be built in Perth. Read more here.
Minister Jennings finds afterlife for polystyrene
Have you ever bought a plasma screen or fridge and asked: “What do I do with the white polystyrene foam it came packed in?” You put it in the general waste bin and typically it is sent to landfill. Known as Expanded Polysytrene it needs special machines to reprocess. Barwon Regional Waste Management Group teamed up with GDP industries in Geelong for Covenant funding to buy a machine to reprocess EPS in the local region.  The highly successful project has diverted about four Olympic sized swimming pools of EPS from landfill.Read more here.
l-r: Mr Michael Crutchfield, Barwon District MP, Covenant CEO Ed Cordner, Honourable Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Innovation Gavin Jennings at the expanded polystyrene launch at Barwon GDP industries.
Walk against warming
12 noon, Dec 12, 2009. State Library, Swanston Street, Melbourne. 10am Dec 12, 2009, King George Square Brisbane. Walk Against Warming is the largest community climate change event in the country. RSVP: www.waw.org.au or victoria@envict.org.au
Merry Christmas from AIP
The AIP National Board wish all of our members and partners a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Waste 2010 Conference 4-6 May 2010
Information, innovation, inspiration. Australia's premier waste management conference is celebrating it's 10th Anniversary! email jacqui@impactenviro.com.au or (02) 65 83 8118 or 0412 784 160.
AIP conference 16-17 June 2010
Melbourne Cricket Ground. Theme: Back to the Future: The Art & Science of Packaging The biennial Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) National Conference is the largest educational conference of its kind in the industry. A not-to-be-missed event. For further information contact AIP (07)3278-4490 or info@aipack.com.au
Enviro 2010, 21-23 July 2010, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Victoria.
Contact: Veronica Dullens (02) 8746 5055 veronica@wmaa.asn.au or http://www.enviro2010.com.au/ Enviro 2010 assembles the leaders of the Australian environment industry to facilitate cross-fertilisation and networking opportunities. Don't miss it!
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