Australians are taking responsibility for their plastic waste... and we’re taking responsibility for our plastic waste.
We’re aware that some of our competitors have moved to plastic packaging over the traditional paper-based bag. While there are certainly benefits to packaging cement products in plastic, there are significant environmental impacts and it’s not a sustainable solution. Cement Australia is committed to many environmental standards across our entire business, including contributing towards the Australian Packaging Covenant (APCO) National Packaging Targets.
Therefore, we have chosen to continue to package our bagged products in paper based bags. The paper we use is sourced from sustainable forests.
Did you know paper is one of the few truly sustainable products?
The packaging used in our drymix 'Just add water' 20kg range is currently fully biodegradable. This gives peace of mind that even if bags are not placed in recycling bins, they will still break down if diverted to landfill – where the majority of trade waste ends.
We are also working towards removing the plastic film in our cement bags. Cement Australia is currently utilising Australasian Recycling Label (ARL) tool via APCO for improved consumer disposal labelling.
Cement Australia encourages all our partners, suppliers, stakeholders, staff and customers to find ways to reduce the use of plastic wherever possible. We all have a responsibility to reduce our plastic waste.
Join us in saying NO to plastic packaging.