In 2024, Australia’s packaging landscape across home care, beverages, food, pet food and beauty and personal care was defined by rapid innovation in both materials and formats, driven by sustainability imperatives, cost-of-living pressures and evolving consumer preferences. Flexible pouches, refill packs and concentrated product formats gained significant traction in home care, beauty and food, offering both waste reduction and cost savings.
This Packaging in Australia report offers insight into key trends and developments in the industry. The report also examines trends and prospect for various pack types and closures: metal packaging, rigid plastic, glass, liquid cartons, paper-based containers; flexible packaging.
Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.
This Packaging in Australia report offers insight into key trends and developments in the industry. The report also examines trends and prospect for various pack types and closures: metal packaging, rigid plastic, glass, liquid cartons, paper-based containers; flexible packaging.
Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.
Why buy this report?
- Get a detailed picture of the Packaging market;
- Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
- Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands;
- Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.
Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY- Packaging in 2024: The big picture
- 2024 key trends
- Sustainability as the driving force in Australian food packaging innovation
- Non-alcoholic drinks packaging embraces recyclability and innovation
- Aluminium packaging gaining share in alcoholic drinks in Australia
- Eco-friendly and refillable packaging leads beauty innovation
- Flexible, refillable and compact are the new home care packaging standards
- Sustainable and convenient packaging trends in pet food
- Australia’s push for stronger packaging laws and recycled plastics
- Stronger packaging standards introduced in Australia
- ACCC drives major soft plastics regulatory reset in Australia
- Australia expands recycling capacity through the RMF
- Australia’s new kerbside recycling standard
- From food waste to compost: Australia’s circular recycling push
- Table 1 Overview of Packaging Recycling and Recovery in Australia: 2022/2023 and Targets for 2024
