The New Zealand Packaging Council, the country’s industry voice on policies affecting packaging and packaging waste is working with its stakeholders to develop a scheme to replace the 2004 New Zealand Packaging Accord, which expired this year

The NZ Paperboard Packaging Association (NZPPA) has announced that it plans to work with the NZ Paper Forum on a combined paper and paperboard packaging product stewardship scheme as a natural successor to the Packaging Accord, which ended on June 30.

The NZ Paperboard Packaging Association (NZPPA) has announced that it plans to work with the NZ Paper Forum on a combined paper and paperboard packaging product stewardship scheme as a natural successor to the Packaging Accord, which ended on June 30.

PrintNZ Training has named the branch winners of this year’s apprentice awards, chosen from over 100 apprentices and trainees who completed their training in 2008.

With the first deadline for entries into next year’s Pride In Print awards fast approaching, organisers have promoted a special offer to encourage early entries, and to help those companies considering multiple entries.

New Zealand continues to improve its paperboard recovery rate with an impressive 78 per cent of all paperboard consumed now being collected for recycling into new products.