The new Glass Packaging Forum funding round has begun, with applications for grants open until the end of September. If you have a project that can help improve the quality or quantity of glass bottles and jars available for recycling, we'd love to hear from you. We...
Hundreds of tons of glass from the Tararua District are set to go for recycling each year, rather than end up in landfill as the council overhauls its glass recycling collection system....
Recycling glass will be plain sailing for boaties at the Tauranga Bridge Marina thanks to a grant from the Glass Packaging Forum....
Glass recycling will once again become quick and easy for Tauranga residents with the city council set to introduce a new kerbside collection service....
A grant from the Glass Packaging Forum has improved glass handling and storage facilities for one of Hawke’s Bay’s biggest recycling collectors....
The Tauranga City Council and Glass Packaging Forum are working together to improve glass recycling in the region amid recent changes to the recycling landscape. The Forum recognises the challenges these changes have created and have been in discussions with the Council to help prevent glass,...
When it comes to transporting glass for recycling, efficiency is key, particularly considering the challenges of New Zealand’s geography....
Tonnes of glass in the Queenstown District which used to go to landfill will now be recycled thanks to a grant from the Glass Packaging Forum. The Forum has been in discussions with the Queenstown Lakes District Council to help improve the quantity and quality of...
Recycling is set to become far more accessible for residents and visitors in the Marlborough Sounds and Awatere Valley. A $10,000 grant from the Glass Packaging Forum has enabled the Marlborough District Council to expand its Rural Community Recycling programme to include Okiwi Bay in the...
Events are not only a source of colour-sorted glass to go back to the furnace, but a chance to educate the public about glass recycling. And this event company has bins with a story to tell! Clean Event, an Auckland-based company working with the majority of...