Packaging Stewardship
Advancing Packaging Recycling Initiatives
Simplot is working with industry to find long-term solutions that continue to advance packaging recycling initiatives and help us all meet Australia’s 2025 National Packaging Targets. The 2025 National Packaging Targets are supported by Australian industry and government to deliver a new and sustainable approach to packaging. They apply to all packaging that is made, used, and sold in Australia. The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) is the organisation charged by government to facilitate the delivery of the 2025 Targets.
APCO Report & Action Plan
Each year, APCO Members, including Simplot Australia, are required to submit an APCO Annual Report and an APCO Action Plan.
Report and Action Plan98%
of our packaging is designed for recoverability at end of life99%
of waste at our manufacturing sites diverted from landfillUpdate on soft plastics recycling and the REDcycle Program
Simplot was a founding member and long-time supporter of the REDcycle Program which was aimed at offering consumers a simple way to recycle their soft plastic packaging rather than sending it to landfill. As such, we were disappointed by REDcycle’s announcement in November 2022 to pause the program and the subsequent news that REDcycle ceased operating in February 2023.
As a result, we are working on updating affected product packaging that features the REDcycle and Australasian Recycling Label.
Until an alternate soft plastic recycling solution is available, we ask consumers to please put our products that use soft plastics in their home rubbish bin, not in kerbside recycling bins (unless the Curby or NPRS trial is available in your area) as it is not recyclable in that system.
Finding long-term solutions that continue to advance recycling initiatives and help us to meet Australia’s National Packaging Targets will require the combined efforts of government, industry, NGOs, packaging manufacturers, waste recovery and recycling industries. Simplot and its brands continue to support and work to advance these efforts.
