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POLLAST!C isn’t just sustainable - it’s the best. Made from 100% recycled Ocean Bound Plastic, our mailers outperform competitors in Australia across every key quality metric, proving you don’t have to compromise between performance and sustainability.

We’ve helped thousands of start-ups grow their packaging, from first orders to thousands of branded parcels. Here’s your step-by-step guide for Australian start-ups.

At the crack of dawn, thousands of entrants at the TCS Sydney Marathon presented by ASICS packed their gear bags with essentials for the finish line. The routine may have been familiar, but this year’s gear bags were anything but ordinary. For the first time, they were made from POLLAST!C and supported by on site collection for recycling. 

Discover what makes a resource renewable, why bamboo and bagasse are gamechangers for sustainable packaging, and how renewability impacts your brand's environmental footprint.

A Lifecycle Analysis (LCA) is a scientific method that helps companies assess the environmental impact of a product throughout its entire lifecycle, from raw material extraction to manufacturing, transportation, use, and disposal (often referred to as "cradle-to-grave").  This gives businesses a meansofmaking informed decisions about which materials to use and how tooptimise theirsupply chains forsustainability.

Better Packaging Co. is excited to provide Australia Post with a new range of POLLAST!C recycled plastic satchels in Post Offices across the country. The new satchels are made from certified potential* Ocean Bound Plastic (OBP) rescued from coastal communities in Southeast Asia and recycled into fit for purpose mailers for their customers – now available in three sizes on Australia Post’s Online Shop and in Post Offices.

We were thrilled to spot a shout-out to Better Packaging in Yahoo Style’s latest feature on Australian fashion label DISSH.

Better Packaging has been featured in Ragtrader for its collaboration with Australia Post to launch new POLLAST!C recycled plastic satchels in Post Offices across AU.

We now have a local solution for sourcing sustainable poly bags in Vietnam! American and Australasian brands partnering with Vietnamese manufacturers will now be easily able to use POLLAST!C Poly bags to protect their garments from point of manufacture via Better Packaging’s proprietary ‘Direct to Manufacturer’ service.

Amid fast fashion and economic pressures, industry leaders stressed sustainability as an investment, not a cost. The summit highlighted governance, progress over perfection, and innovations like plant-based leather and textile recycling.

Untouched World is proof that a sustainability journey never stops. Even when care for the environment is imprinted in your DNA, there is always more that can be done!