Detmold Group is a leading manufacturer of paper and board based packaging products for a diverse range of customers.
November 25, 2024.
The Detmold Group is thrilled to announce that it has won an Industry Sector Award as part of the 2024 Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) Awards.
Presented in Sydney on Thursday, 21 November, the Detmold Group was awarded the Full Framework Reporting Award for the packaging manufacturer/supplier industry.
This award recognises the Group’s reporting excellence and sustainability efforts across its Detpak and PaperPak brands, including initiatives such as reducing plastic waste through its work with Subway and pioneering the first kerbside recyclable paper bag for fresh potatoes, in partnership with Mitolo Family Farms.
Detpak’s partnership with Subway has resulted in 26 garbage trucks full of plastic being removed from the environment annually through the design of a new fibre-based, 100 per cent kerbside recyclable catering platter.
Detpak’s partnership with Mitolo Family Farms to create Australia’s first kerbside recyclable paper bag for fresh potatoes, which has seen its premium potatoes sold in new paper bags – delivering a 64 per cent reduction in plastic and an annual plastic reduction of 8.2 tonnes, compared its plastic counterpart.