With Western Australia's ban on lightweight single-use plastic bags just five months away, the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation is holding workshops to help people change the way they shop and do business.
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Climate change drives collapse in marine food webs
A new study has found that levels of commercial fish stocks could be harmed as rising sea temperatures affect their source of food.
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Xenophon wants to save orangutans with palm oil labelling
Nick Xenophon is demanding that today’s Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation in Melbourne take urgent steps toward mandatory Palm Oil labelling in Australia.
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The missing piece of the recycling puzzle
To help win the War on Waste consumers and businesses need to properly close the recycling loop by purchasing products that contain recycled content.
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Woolworths commits to Australasian recycling label
Supermarket giant Woolworths has adopted the new Australasian Recycling Label (ARL) across its entire Own Brand product range.
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Using water wisely in the food sector
If Australia is to continue its agricultural tradition and also take advantage of future food opportunities, we can’t afford to waste our natural resources. As Matthew McDonald reports, Xylem Water Solutions can help make sure we don’t.
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Palm Oil Free Certification launched to protect orangutans
The world’s first International Palm Oil Free Certification Accreditation Programme (POFCAP) has been launched.
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Consumers purchasing premium during their grocery shop
One in three (30%) consumers in Australia would consider spending more on a premium offering in key grocery categories, recent Nielsen research has shown.
Nielsen Scantrack data highlights that consumers
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The power of efficient food processing
In light of Australia’s bid to reduce its carbon emissions by 2030, Steven Impey takes a look at how the food-processing sector is reacting to changing views on energy cost.
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Turning environmental problems into profit
CST Wastewater Solutions will showcase successful waste-to-energy technologies at foodPro 2017 in Sydney from July 16-19.
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Solution to reduce coffee cups in landfill
Paper and board packaging manufacturer Detpak has partnered with Smart Planet Technologies to develop a cup lining that is easy to recycle through existing channels.
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Sustainable shopping: here’s how to find coffee that doesn’t cost the Earth
Shopping can be confusing at the best of times, and trying to find environmentally friendly options makes it even more difficult. Welcome to the first instalment of our Sustainable Shopping series,
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Why consumers need help to shift to sustainable diets
Consumers are in an unprecedented dilemma over food. On the one hand, they have never had it so good. Supermarkets have spread worldwide and are awash with food. On the other hand the rate that over-consumption
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Sustainable Seafood Day approaching
Sustainable Seafood Day, an annual initiative by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), will take place on Friday March 31.
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Cocoa Industry announces plan to end deforestation
Twelve of the world's leading cocoa and chocolate companies, including Hershey and Nestlé, have agreed to an initiative to end deforestation in the global cocoa supply chain.
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We’ve calculated the environmental cost of a loaf of bread – and what to do about it
What does a staple food such as bread have to do with global warming? For a start, to make loaves on an industrial scale, you’ll need powerful milling and kneading machines and a huge oven, heated to
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How climate change threatens to make our bread less tasty
As global food demand rises, climate change is hitting our staple crops
Climate change and extreme weather events are already having impacts on our food, from meat and vegetables, right through to wine. In our series on the Climate and Food, we’re looking at what this
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Bega Cheese fined for dangerous goods breach
The NSW Environment Protection Authority has fined Bega Cheese, Bobbins Transport and an employee of the transport company for not carrying the appropriate dangerous goods transport documentation.
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DuPont reaches 100% certified sustainable palm oil emulsifiers
DuPont Nutrition & Health has completed its switch to 100% certified sustainable palm oil and palm oil derivatives used in its Global emulsifier production.
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