Australia Food and Grocery Council

The food and grocery manufacturing sector pays wages and salaries of $11.3 billion
The industry’s workforce accounts for about 3 per cent of the population.
The food and grocery manufacturing industry consists of 22,608 businesses.
The industry provides around 24 million nutritious, affordable meals to Australians every day.
222,300 Australians are employed in the food, beverage and manufacturing industries, including half in rural and regional areas.
Australia’s $110 billion food and grocery manufacturing industry is the nation’s largest manufacturing sector.
Industry grew from $993 million in 2007-08 to $1.07 billion in 2011-12, an increase of 6.5 per cent.

Packaging Stewardship Forum

The Packaging Stewardship Forum (PSF) of the AFGC was established in 2006. We work with partners across Australia to deliver voluntary industry recycling, litter reduction and education programs on behalf of our members, Australia’s largest beverage companies and their packaging suppliers.

Our programs target Australia's major away from home venues, places where large numbers of people gather and consume beverage packaging that can readily be recycled. New installations are now reaching more than 1 billion away from home visits annually. Through these partnerships we are making it just as easy for people to recycle when they're away from home as it is when they're at home.

To find out more about our commitment to voluntary beverage packaging product stewardship and our program activities see:

Stewardship v Regulation

Glass recovery and recycling

Airport and rail networks

Shopping centres

Stadia and entertainment venues

Higher education institutions

Remote and indigenous communities

Do the Right Thing communication and education

Public place and event recycling training

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