GPF grant gets community recyclers around transport challenge
A grant from the Glass Packaging Forum has helped keep high-quality recycled glass flowing from the South Island’s Waitaki district to Auckland to be made into new containers....
A grant from the Glass Packaging Forum has helped keep high-quality recycled glass flowing from the South Island’s Waitaki district to Auckland to be made into new containers....
EcoCentral's glass collection trial will determine the viability, and sustainability of collecting colour-sorted glass for processing back into glass containers. Christchurch-based EcoCentral is trialling a new way for residents of the Garden City to recycle their glass bottles and jars. The trial, at EcoCentral’s Parkhouse transfer station,...
Palmerston North City Council has hugely increased its ability to store glass for recycling, thanks in part to a grant from the Glass Packaging Forum (GPF)....
Rural Western Bay of Plenty residents will soon have easier access to recycling thanks to specially designed trailers....
The latest Glass Packaging Forum grant funding round saw over $101,000 awarded to seven grants focused on improving glass recovery, storage and transport around New Zealand....
The new storage bunkers for recycled glass will greatly reduce contamination. Taumarunui Transfer Station’s glass recycling got a facelift recently, thanks in part to a grant from the Glass Packaging Forum. The grant, of $28,000, helped the Ruapehu District Council build brand new storage bunkers for the...
Covid supply chain issues and storm damage may have delayed a Opunake High School students’ seaweed fertiliser project, but it’s finally fully up and running....
Alexandra Wastebusters has been collecting between three and four, full 240L wheelie bins of glass each week in Clyde since the bins were installed. Central Otago glass bottles and jars which would normally have been landfilled or stockpiled are now being recycled thanks to a grant...
A grant from the GPF has helped Northland Waste build new glass storage bunkers. The Far North District Council’s ability to recycle glass is set to be greatly improved thanks to a $35,000 grant from the Glass Packaging Forum (GPF). The grant will help the council and...
A recent audit has shown Queenstown Lakes District residents and businesses are doing an awesome job of glass recycling with a low contamination rate....