SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS

BioPak Managing Director Gary Smith is passionate about getting the right message across to the industry: that BioPak’s cups are both compostable and recycled through many council paper waste collections.

“COMPOSTABLE PACKAGING IS THE SOLUTION. IT SIMPLIFIES AND IMPROVES WASTE MANAGEMENT, PROTECTS RESOURCES, AND REDUCES GREENHOUSES GASES. AT BIOPAK, THAT’S OUR GOAL.”

“We have to set the record straight. The myth that councils are not recycling paper cups needs to be dispelled – because they are,” Gary says.

BioPak confirms 43 councils do recycle bioplastic lined and regular plastic lined paper cups, including all Australian Capital Territory councils, Byron Shire Council, Shellharbour, City of Busselton, City of Adelaide and Brisbane City Council.

“The waste solution is not a complex one. It’s