The Glass Packaging Forum’s latest funding round saw eight successful applications awarded just over $130,000 in total. It was great to see a good mix of projects, ranging from refill schemes to infrastructure. The Beer Spot – refillable glass project support Refitting beer taps at The Beer...
Sterilising reusable toothpaste tablet and powder bottles is far more efficient for Solid thanks to a recent GPF grant. Innovative Kiwi-owned and operated toothpaste company Solid is showing reuse is possible for just about any business using washable glass containers. As part of its mission to be...
The Glass Packaging Forum's latest funding round has seen just over $92,000 awarded to seven projects ranging from reuse to infrastructure, and research to alternative use....
The team at Bin Hire recently developed a trolley into something which has the potential to help solve a long-running sustainability issue in New Zealand....
The new glass recycling storage bunkers at its Waipukurau Transfer Station. The Central Hawke’s Bay District Council (CHBDC) is ready should its glass recycling service be expanded later this year, thanks to a $20,000 grant from the Glass Packaging Forum. The grant has helped the council upgrade...
The Western Bay of Plenty is set to roll out a new kerbside service, which includes a best practice separate glass recycling collection, on 1 July 2021....
The Whangarei district’s sustainability work has received a major boost with a grant of over $42,000 from the Glass Packaging Forum. The grant will improve glass recycling through the upgrade of storage bunkers at the Re:Sort Centre in Whangarei, run by Northland Waste. “The Whangarei District...
A GPF grant will help with the construction of a concrete pad for new storage bunkers (similar pictured). Not only is Kaipara district’s population growing, but the of volume glass it recycles too – so much so the council’s has had to upgrade its storage facilities. This...
A Hawke’s Bay company’s good old Kiwi ingenuity and practicality is paving the way for improving recycling in the hospitality industry....
A GPF grant will help the Waiheke Community Resource Recovery Park deal with its high volume of green glass over peak seasons. Auckland’s first community resource recovery park has been given an $18,000 boost for its glass recycling, just in time for summer, when the volume...