Stay informed with our latest news
Asahi Beverages and BaptistCare have taken significant steps towards their sustainability goals by partnering with Flow Power to source and offset energy from New England Solar, the largest solar project in NSW and equal-largest in the National Electricity Market (NEM). These agreements with Flow Power, a fast-growing renewable energy retailer, underscore each organisation’s ongoing commitment to meeting their renewable energy targets.
A new $50 million facility capable of recycling the equivalent of up to one billion 600ml PET plastic beverage bottles a year has commenced operations in Melbourne, coinciding with the start of Victoria's Container Deposit Scheme. The Circular Plastics Australia (PET) plant will convert used beverage bottles, into high-quality food-grade resin, which is then used to make new recycled PET beverage bottles andfood packaging such as meat trays and fruit punnets. The plant will play a key role in recycling PET bottles collected through the Container Deposit Scheme as well as PET plastic packaging from household and office recycling bins.
Asahi Beverages, Australia’s leading beverages company and the owner of Carlton & United Breweries, is now powering the production of their iconic drinks such as Great Northern, Victoria Bitter, Schweppes, Cool Ridge water and Solo with energy supply arrangements linked to sunshine harvested in outback Queensland. Flow Power, one of Australia’s fastest-growing energy retailers, brokered the new Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for Asahi Beverages, accelerating them toward their goal of having 100% of their purchased electricity sourced from or matched with renewable sources by 2025.
VicReturn is delighted to have been appointed as Scheme Co-ordinator for the new Victorian container deposit scheme, CDS Vic, announced by the Victorian Government today. VicReturn is a not-for-profit entity with members comprising Lion, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and Asahi Beverages, with each having significant experience in managing container deposit schemes across Australia.
High-tech equipment which will be able to recycle the equivalent of around one billion PET plastic beverage bottles a year is being installed at a new $50 million plastic recycling facility in Melbourne’s west. Workers at the 6000m² Circular Plastics Australia (PET) facility in Altona North are installing highly specialised sorting, washing, decontamination and extrusion equipment from Italy and Austria.
The Abbotsford Brewery, Melbourne’s oldest and most well-known brewery, has brewed its 50 millionth beer using the power of the sun. The sustainability milestone was achieved after the 118-year-old brewery installed more than 4000 solar panels. The new system on the rooftops of the Abbotsford Brewery is the largest solar installation on a brewery in Victoria. It directly harnesses the sun to brew some of Australia’s favourite beers including Victoria Bitter, Carlton Draught, and Pure Blonde.
