RePlay™ Returnable System a finalist in three categories at the 2026 PIDA Awards

Bonson Packaging’s RePlay™ Returnable System has been recognised by the Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design Awards across Food Packaging, Marketing, and Labelling & Decoration, a reflection of what’s possible when circular thinking meets real-world design.

Food Packaging
Marketing
Labelling & Decoration

Single-use packaging remains one of the most persistent challenges in foodservice and retail. The question isn’t whether we need alternatives, it’s how to make those alternatives practical, scalable, and genuinely adoptable at the pace the planet demands.

RePlay™ was built to answer that question. Developed by Bonson Packaging, it’s a returnable packaging system designed not for the edges of the market but for its centre: the high-volume, high-frequency environments where the impact of change is felt most.

Being shortlisted as a finalist in three separate PIDA Award categories is a meaningful milestone. It reflects recognition not just of the product’s functionality, but of the broader design intent: that returnable packaging should be as beautiful, intuitive, and commercially compelling as anything it replaces.

Being recognised across multiple categories reflects the collaboration, innovation, and commitment of everyone involved in the project.

The people behind RePlay™

A project like this doesn’t happen in isolation. RePlay™ reached the market thanks to a committed network of partners, supporters, and day-to-day operators working to make circular packaging a reality:

Foodstuffs North Island
Circularity (Louise Nash)
Again Again (Nada Piatek)
Rodney Bennett (GM, Bonson)
Glenn Drake (BDM, Bonson)

And of course, a thank you to the AIP Australasian Institute of Packaging and the PIDA Australasian Packaging Innovation and Design Awards for creating a stage where this kind of innovation gets the recognition it deserves. Congratulations to all fellow finalists in each category.

Winners announced:

2026 PIDA Awards Gala

Tuesday, 28 July · The Aviary, Crown Complex, Melbourne

Fingers crossed for the night, but whatever the result, being here at the finalist stage is already a testament to what a small, determined team can do when the mission is clear.

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