Insights

At the crack of dawn, thousands of entrants at the TCS Sydney Marathon presented by ASICS packed their gear bags with essentials for the finish line. The routine may have been familiar, but this year’s gear bags were anything but ordinary. For the first time, they were made from POLLAST!C and supported by on site collection for recycling. 

We now have a local solution for sourcing sustainable poly bags in Vietnam! American and Australasian brands partnering with Vietnamese manufacturers will now be easily able to use POLLAST!C Poly bags to protect their garments from point of manufacture via Better Packaging’s proprietary ‘Direct to Manufacturer’ service.

Last month, my co-founder Becs and I, packed our bags for Southeast Asia to see the POLLAST!C Project in action. It's not the first time we've been, but it was definitely the most intensive trip to date and fascinating on so many fronts. Here are a few of the things we learnt.

On May 23 & 24, the B for Good Leaders Summit 2024 will convene the world’s most progressive decision-makers committed to building the regenerative economy. This is a special moment where our community gathers for a massive collective impact. We'll be there. Join us!

Until now there have been very few sustainable alternatives to stretch pallet wrap made from new, virgin plastic. While there are reusable wraps in market, and we would highly recommend investigating these, they are often only suitable if the wrap is used within a closed loop system.In 2020, we began producing a certified home compostable pallet wrap before deciding we could do a lot better – we could make pallet wrap from 100% recycled plastic pollution and clean up the environment in Southeast Asia at the same time.

Here’s why POLLAST!C Pallet wrap is so much better!

Because your manufacturing will often take place in Asia, your factory is likely responsible for sourcing the poly bags they packaging your garments into. That's why we've made it super-easy for your manufacturers/suppliers to order Better packaging on your behalf! 

Bondi Beach residents were greeted with a powerful message after a four-metre-high plastic poop representing the amount of waste that enters the world’s oceans every 30 seconds was installed on their iconic beach.  It made headlines worldwide including The Guardian, The Independent, UN Water, Yahoo NEWS Australia, NowThisNews, SBS News, The New Zealand Herald, OneNews, NewstalkZB, ABC Australia, Canberra Times, The Atlantic and many more.

This huge plastic poop represents the amount of plastic that enters the ocean EVERY 30 SECONDS. Scary huh. Most of it enters via land, and most of that from Asia. Better Packaging Co. installed it on Bondi Beach on World Environment Day 2023 to draw attention to the problem but also to show that solutions do exist. By finding ways to recycle this pollution, we create the incentive for it to be collected and kept out of nature. It's that simple, we have to stop treating plastic like SH!T.