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The Packaging Forum provides practical support to our members in the form of tools and resources to help improve the sustainability of their packaging.

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Member only resources

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Strategic Direction for the Packaging Forum 

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Soft Plastic Recycling Scheme webinar
  • Advancing Soft Plastic Stewardship Across The Tasman (31 July 2025) – VIEW HERE

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Packaging Forum Constitution
  • The Constitution of Packaging Forum incorporated DOWNLOAD

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Packaging Forum Submissions
  • Read The Packaging Forum’s submission response to the proposed amendments to waste legislation (May 2025)  DOWNLOAD
  • Read the Glass Packaging Forum’s submission response to the proposed amendments to waste legislation (May 2025) DOWNLOAD
  • Read the Soft Plastic Recycling Scheme’s submission response to the proposed amendments to waste legislation (May 2025) DOWNLOAD
  • Read the Soft Plastic Recycling Scheme response to the Proposed product stewardship regulations Agrichemicals, their containers and farm plastics DOWNLOAD

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Packaging Forum resources

Annual Reports
  • The Packaging Forum Annual Report 2025/26 DOWNLOAD
  • The Packaging Forum Annual Report 2024/25 DOWNLOAD
  • The Packaging Forum Annual Report 2023/24 DOWNLOAD
  • The Packaging Forum Annual Report 2022/23 DOWNLOAD
  • The Packaging Forum Annual Report 2021/22 DOWNLOAD
  • The Packaging Forum Annual Report 2020/21 DOWNLOAD
  • The Packaging Forum Annual Report 2019/20 LINK
  • The Packaging Forum Annual Report 2018/19 DOWNLOAD
  • The Packaging Forum Annual Report 2017/18 DOWNLOAD
  • Previous reports – please contact The Packaging Forum
Submissions to government consultations

Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document (Nov 2021)

Moving away from hard-to-recycle and single-use items (Dec 2020)

Thumbs Up Labelling Petition (July 2020)

Priority Products and Priority Product Stewardship Scheme Guidelines (Oct 2019)

Reports

Glass Packaging Forum

Recycling/Resource Recovery & Litter  – Public Place Recycling Programme

Soft Plastic Recycling Scheme

Research

Nextek report DOWNLOAD

Public Place Recycling and Litter Report 2020 – Horizon Research DOWNLOAD

Packaging & Recycling Survey March 2022 – Horizon Research DOWNLOAD

Recycling Scheme Proposals April 2022 – Horizon Research DOWNLOAD

Guides
  • June 2018 – Guide to Selecting and Positioning Recycling Bins Best Practice DOWNLOAD
  • Your Guide to Soft Plastic Recycling DOWNLOAD
  • A Simple Guide to Recycling Caps & Lids DOWNLOAD

Other resources

Guides
  • March 2019 – WasteMINZ – Quick Guide to Environmental Claims for Plastic Products and PackagingThis guide will help you to understand what the words biodegradable, compostable and degradable mean, how they affect the environment and how you can dispose of them properly. DOWNLOAD
  • July 2018 – The Environment Commissioner – Biodegradable and compostable plastics in the environmentThis guide is designed to help consumers navigate some of the terminology around compostables and the claims being made. DOWNLOAD
  • February 2019 – The Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor (PMCSA) – Rethinking Plastics This is a wide-ranging project to guide recommendations for mitigating the negative impacts of plastic while retaining its benefits. The report, looking at the use and quantities of plastic in New Zealand, was issued for peer review in June 2019 and published in December 2019. READ THE REPORT
  • The PMCSA’s project resource portal provides some interesting reports from home and abroad covering a range of topics from Circular Economy, Packaging, Product Design and Waste to Energy. VISIT SITE

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