The following article was written by Australian Beverages Council CEO Geoff Parker for Inside Waste TUESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2021 Everywhere you look in Australia, recycling and container deposit schemes (CDS) are a hot topic with a range of commentators sharing their two, or 10 cents. With Victoria and Tasmania launching their schemes within the next […]

MONDAY, 24 JANUARY 2022, SYDNEY: The Australian Beverages Council (ABCL), representing the non-alcoholic drinks industry across our nation, welcomes the revision to the COVID critical industries list to include beverage manufacturing, announced yesterday by the Queensland Health Minister and which came into effect today. “Beverage manufacturing is a vitally important industry in Queensland and supports […]

WEDNESDAY, 19 JANUARY 2022, SYDNEY: Australian producers of non-alcoholic drinks are leading the rest of the shopping trolley in giving consumers better choices to reduce consumption of sugar, and suggestions to introduce a sugar tax by the AMA to address obesity is a last century fix to a modern-day problem. “Obesity is complex and multi-factorial […]

TUESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2022, SYDNEY: The Australian Beverages Council Limited (ABCL) is delighted to acknowledge the 13 new projects funded jointly by the Australian Government’s Recycling Modernisation Fund and the Victorian Government’s Recycling Victoria Infrastructure Fund. Funding these projects demonstrates the Government’s commitment to expanding domestic recycling capacity, something needed if we are to achieve […]

One of our guiding principles at the Australian Beverages Council is ensuring consumers are empowered to make informed decisions about their favourite non-alcoholic beverages. This is why we have put together some factsheets for consumers and member organisations alike, on the topics of sugars and various non-sugar sweeteners that are commonly used in many beverage […]

TUESDAY, 20 DECEMBER 2021, SYDNEY The Australian Beverages Council Limited (ABCL) is delighted by the announcement that the second National Plastics Design Summit will go ahead this February. The first summit, held in March 2020 in Canberra saw the non-alcoholic beverage sector make significant commitments to invest in establishing reprocessing facilities and integrate recycled content […]