Pryda are focusing on reducing our packaging footprint, ensuring what packaging we do utilise is as sustainable as possible and creating innovative solutions to solve packaging waste. We are active members of the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO). APCO is a not-for-profit organisation leading the development of a circular economy for packaging in Australia.
“The Australian Packaging Covenant is a national regulatory framework under the National Environment Protection (Used Packaging Materials) Measure 2011 (NEPM) that sets out how businesses across Australia share the responsibility for managing the environmental impacts of packaging.” – APCO
Pryda’s goals are to achieve a circular economy by sourcing our cardboard packaging items from FSC certified suppliers, ensuring our cardboard is renewable, sustainable and recyclable. We are also reducing the use of plastic packaging where possible or using plastic that is recyclable in cases where it is not an option to remove it.
We are pleased to announce that with initiatives put in place we will remove ~87,000 plastic bags a year from our products.
As members of the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO), we are committing to the National Packaging Guidelines 2025.
“The 2025 Targets provide a framework for collective, national action on waste management, recycling and resource recovery for our product packaging. They include:
- 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging.
- 70% of plastic packaging being recycled or composted.
- 50% of average recycled content included in packaging (revised from 30% in 2020).
- The phase out of problematic and unnecessary single-use plastics packaging.”
Further to this, we are proud users of the Australasian Recycling Label (ARL). As a customer of Pryda you will see an increasing and swift change towards product packaging that utilises the ARL. The ARL assists consumers in how to recycle & dispose of their packaging correctly. This algins to our plan of moving towards sustainable packaging, as well as following sustainable packaging guidelines and generate an evidence-based recycling label for the Australian and New Zealand market.
Download our APCO Annual Report and Action Plan