The Glass Packaging Forum wants to encourage you all to recycle glass - at home, at school and when you are out and about.

There are good reasons to recycle glass and other packaging materials. It makes good sense for the environment, society and the economy. However as New Zealanders are now doing so well at recycling glass, we are collecting more than is needed to make new glass containers.

This is a particular problem for towns and communities in South Island or at a distance from Auckland because it costs more than the value of the glass to transport the recycled glass (known as cullet) back to the Auckland furnace to make new glass.

Whilst there are plenty of uses around New Zealand for this glass such as in the base course for roads; agricultural mulch; water filtration; concrete; sandblasting; erosion protection and even golf bunkers, first the glass needs to be crushed and many places simply don't have the equipment locally to do this and are stockpiling the glass until they find something to do with it.

So the Glass Packaging Forum has purchased a mobile glass crusher which will go on tour around the country to crush glass which can then be put to good use locally. This glass crusher needs to be named! and this is where the Class Rap competition comes in.

HELP PROMOTE GLASS RECYCLING
and be in to win AMAZING PRIZES such as RAPPING WITH CHE FU!
NAME THE CRUSHER!

Click here to find out about the mobile crusher.

Deadline now extended to 16th May.
This gives you the school holidays to prepare your entry!!

WINNERS ANNOUNCED 5TH JUNE 2008 ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

Come up with a rap that:

• names the crusher
  Click here to see more photos of the mobile crusher
• says why recycling is important
• says what's happening with glass in the area where you live, what's it used for and what could it be used for in future and why that's a good idea.

NOTE : these 3 points MUST BE INCLUDED WITHIN YOUR RAP

Click on poster below to register for online competition updates and entry reminders

• Schools may enter a maximum of 3 ENTRIES per school.

• All entries must be received on or before the 16th MAY 2008.
• Entries received after this date will not be judged.

NOTE : THE FOLLOWING IS A "MUST DO" FOR EVERY MEMBER

• (a)The formal ENTRY FORM Click here to download the ENTRY FORM [PDF 127KB]
  This form is to be filled out by your group leader and is to be signed by your SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.
  
  
• Each rap group participant (that means every person in your rap group) must provide and submit:
  (b) a signed CONSENT FORM from a parent or caregiver AND school principal.
  Both signatures are required!!!
  Entries which arrive without this documentation will not be judged!
  Click here to download CONSENT FORM [PDF 155KB]

• No! So make a copy for yourselves.

• 
  Each winning school will receive $1000 to spend on school projects.
  
  
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  Each winning entry (solo rap or rap group) will record their music with leading New Zealand artist Che Fu at an Auckland recording studio and will receive a personal DVD of the music signed by Che Fu at the presentation event.

  NOTE : This recording may be combined with other winner's rap lyrics to form a universal rap

  It is intended that the winning entries will be played or performed publicly to promote recycling initiatives.
  This will likely include radio, television, digital and web based media.

  NOTE : Further information re travel / accommodation arrangements for winning rappers
  will be posted to the site at a later date.

• Each winning student from the two winning schools will receive prizes that include an ipod, Che Fu music CD's and other goodies from supporting sponsors.

• Yes, click here and submit your question. We will endeavour to answer it as quickly as possible.

Che Fu is one of New Zealand's most successful male vocalists, who began his music career at high school with a group of friends. They formed the Low Down Dirty Blues band, but would go on to change their name to the legendary Supergroove. Their debut album 'Traction' sold triple platinum and went on to win countless awards.

Che parted ways with Supergroove in 1996. One week later, a Number 1 hit with DLT and the single 'Chains'.

In 1997 Che released his debut solo album '2b S.Pacific' on BMG which was soon certified platinum. At the New Zealand Music Awards that year Che received awards for Single of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Most Promising Entertainer of the Year and the prestigious Male Vocalist of the Year.

Che then signed to Sony Music and began writing material for the album 'Navigator'. He also formed an eight piece live band called The Krates. Together Che and The Krates spent the summer performing new material at such events as Big Day Out, Pacifika, WOMAD not to mention countless shows up and down the north & south islands and the private premier event of Lord of the Rings.

Navigator was rewarded the following year with seven New Zealand Tui Awards and attained triple platinum status.

Che-Fu released an album of his greatest hits and new material on August 28, 2006.

'Hi-Score: The Best Of Che-Fu' features singles from Che's three solo albums - '2b S.Pacific', 'Navigator' and 'Beneath The Radar' - including 'Misty Frequencies', 'Fade Away', 'Scene III', 'Waka', 'Random', 'Lightwork' and more.

The album also featured four new tracks. The first serviced to media was 'Chains Reloaded' - a remix of his number1 hit single 'Chains' featuring P-Money and Savage. 'Chains Reloaded' impacted radio marking the 10 year anniversary of when the original 'Chains' debuted at Number 1 in 1996.

On release in 1996, 'Chains' went straight to Number 1 on the New Zealand Singles Charts, and stayed there for 5 consecutive weeks. 'Chains' reached platinum and was the landmark single that brought New Zealand Hip Hop to mass attention.

Che Fu was a founding member of legendary local band Supergroove. Responsible for a string of what have gone on to become classic Kiwi anthems, Supergroove generated a staggering six Top 10 hits throughout the 90's. Amongst them the gold singles 'Scorpio Girls' & 'Sitting Inside My Head', platinum-selling 'Can't Get Enough' & 'You Gotta Know', live standouts 'Next Time', 'You Freak Me' & 'Here Comes The Supergroove', and many more.

Che's debut solo album '2b S.Pacific' was released in 1997. It launched four Top 10 singles ('Chains', 'Scene III', 'Without A Doubt' and 'Waka'), charted at Number 1, and sold two Platinum - a landmark for a local urban record at the time.

In 2001, Che released the follow-up album 'Navigator'. 'Navigator' debuted at Number 1 and stayed there for three successive weeks, going on to generate close to four platinum in sales. It featured the singles 'Fade Away', 'Random', and the APRA Silver Scroll winning 'Misty Frequencies'.

In 2005 'Beneath The Radar' was released and included the singles 'Lightwork' and 'Mysterious Vibe'.

Currently based in Sydney, responsible for Lion Nathan's Australasian Environmental Strategy and Sustainability.

Chairman of the New Zealand Glass Forum and Vice President of the Packaging Council of New Zealand.

Previous experience:

8 Years as Managing Director of Lion Nathan's China business - based in Shanghai.

5 Years Operations Director of Pepsi Cola Australia

David was born in the North of England…….. a long time ago - he's a "baby boomer". He grew up with rock groups such as the Beatles, Hollies, Kinks, and the Rolling Stones. These were all new groups way back then, and all were playing a new sound of music.

At school David learnt to read music and chose the Cornet as an instrument. He played in both the school and Salvation Army bands.

He grew his hair long (hippie-like) and learnt to play rhythm guitar in a group that played at school dances and small clubs. The group wanted to be (but never was) successful.

David's claim to fame was that he emigrated to Australia and went to school with the Bee Gees (the Gib brothers). That's when he decided to become an electrical engineer, leaving music to the talented guys like Che Fu.