Retailer puts plastic products in their place.

 

Officeworks’ commitment to recycled packaging has been recognised in the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation’s (APCO) annual awards by winning the ‘Large Retailer’ award.

 

According to Officeworks’ environmental report, 99.8 per cent of its 7100 own-brand products are fully recyclable.

 

The award recognises Officeworks’ continuous commitment to achieving its 2025 National Packaging Targets as it works towards making all primary and secondary packaging reusable or recyclable.

 

The retailer has also eliminated the annual equivalent of 4.7 million pieces of packaging components and is helping local product suppliers phase out components such as expanded polystyrene and PVC across its entire range.

 

Officeworks chief financial officer Brendan Hargreaves, who leads the Officeworks ESG team, said: “Driven by the merchandise and ESG teams, our private brand packaging designers, product developers and suppliers have worked together to re-engineer packaging to meet the rising expectations of our customers.

 

“We will continue to work hard to remove problematic plastics in both products and packaging, by working with all suppliers to design and implement more sustainable alternatives that are easier to recycle and safer to use,” he said.