Cactus Imaging has taken out the Outstanding Achievement in Sustainability prize at the 2023 ProPrint Awards, held on 3 November at Shangri-La Sydney.

MC Sam McCool presented the award to general manager – operations, Nigel Spicer, who played an integral part in Cactus Imaging’s development of Ecobanner, in conjunction with oOh!media and Gale Pacific.

Ecobanner is a fully recyclable fabric which is being used on Australia’s largest Out of Home billboard at the Glebe Island Silos in Sydney. It is manufactured in Australia using cleaner and more sustainable processes than PVC. Ecobanner production doesn’t generate hazardous residue like Vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), making it a cleaner alternative to PVC.

“We had various trials and failures but have successfully worked with a company in Melbourne to produce the polypropylene Australian-made banner material which we’re able to print here in Sydney. And once it has been displayed, we then bring it back to the warehouse and send it to a recycling plant where it’s recycled in Victoria. It is 100 per cent made, manufactured and recycled in Australia,” Cactus Imaging general manager Nigel Spicer told Sprinter in August.

Our thanks go to Durst Oceania for sponsoring the Outstanding Achievement in Sustainability Award.

Note: All category winners will be published in the December 2023 issue of ProPrint.

If you would like more information about the ProPrint Awards, including sponsorship enquiries for 2024, email: carmen@proprint.com.au or call 0410 582 450.

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