Matthew Mills , Marketing Manager of long - prison term manufacture supporter Garden City Plastics has get ahead the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation ’s ( APCO ) 2020 Sustainability Champion Award .
The awarding pick out single allegiance for a range of criteria , including allegiance to plant sustainability into organisational practice , leaders , salient carrying out , standout achievements and personal growth .
Matthew was recognised for his conclusion ‘ to build commitment to a Modern industriousness - blanket approach at all levels of the Horticultural Sector , to enable and further improve recycling rates for industrial plant packaging produced and placed on the Australian market . ’
On winning Matthew said “ I am so humbled to be recognised for this award . The work that I have done as a part of the GCP team has really been on behalf of so many proactive Nursery Industry operators from every part of Australia who were ask how they could be sure theirs was a more sustainably focused operation . ”
“ The probability for me to connect the great unwashed with ideas and add a unsubdivided but meaningful , straight plan of attack to shut the Polypropylene loop in Horticulture has been unbelievable . the great unwashed from every part of our industriousness and its peak bodies have been hugely supportive and this thought has now grown to have its own working chemical group through GIA and APCO as well as a fully funded mathematical product stewardship grant from the Federal Government of almost $ 550,000 . ”
The citation also recognize Matthew ’s efforts for demonstrating ‘ that industry - leave Closed Loop Recycling can be a world and that a circular economy for horticultural packaging is emerging as a rallying point for in greenlife output throughout Australia , for Horticulturists , Industry Peak Bodies , Retailers and Consumers likewise . ’
Peter Vaughan , CEO of Greenlife Industry Australia ( GIA ) congratulated Matthew on behalf of the industry and GIA .
“ This award is recognition of his vision and passion to address the recycling of polypropene plant publicity . His consignment to the initiative , with support from Garden City Plastics has been fundamental to the successful practical program by GIA and APCO for Union funding to substantiate the establishment of the Polypropylene Plant Packaging Recycling Program , ” suppose Peter .
Garden City Plastics were also recognise as finalist in the Industry Sector Awards for their performance against the Packaging Sustainability Framework criteria . They kept very good ship’s company across the nine award bomber - categories amongst a competitive field of force which include Qantas Airways , Kellogg ( Aust ) , Telstra , Keep Cup and Proctor and Gamble Australia .
The on-line laurels observance was attend by over 170 guest . GIA were invite to serve the annual APCO Awards ceremony on 7 February 2025 following the successful joint submission with APCO to the National Product Stewardship Fund .
The APCO Awards recognise and keep Australian organisations that are leading the way in sustainable promotional material design and innovation ; and organisational commitment to extradite the 2025 National Packaging Targets and build up a national circular economy approach to publicity . Visit theAPCO website for a full list of finalists and winners .
2020 APCO Sustainability Champion – Matthew MillsAPCO Award Citation
Matthew Mills is the National Sales and Marketing Manager at Garden City Plastics , the large manufacturer and supplier of recycled horticultural pots and containers in Australia . As a worshipper in large exfoliation repurposing and preservation of resource , Matthew leads an Australian squad focus on listening cautiously to customer needs for witness unexampled ways to react and innovate , always with an eye to maximize the opportunity to recover and reuse material already flowing through the securities industry . Matthew has been mold to construct commitment to a new industry - all-encompassing approach at all levels of the Horticultural Sector , to enable and further improve recycling rates for plant publicity produced and place on the Australian market . amply array and defend by APCO ’s Collective Impact approach , Matthew ’s efforts have demonstrated that industry - led Closed Loop Recycling can be a reality and that a orbitual thriftiness for horticultural publicity is emerging as a rallying detail for in Green Life production throughout Australia , for Horticulturists , Industry Peak Bodies , Retailers and Consumers alike .
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