The Glass Packaging Forum (GPF) has welcomed Environment Minister David Parker’s announced plan to standardise the materials that must be collected in household kerbside recycling, including glass bottles and jars. The new rules will apply to communities with a population of more than 1,000 people. GPF Scheme...
Glass Packaging Forum Scheme Manager Dominic Salmon. The Glass Packaging Forum (GPF) welcomes Government’s deferral of a container return scheme and encourages decision makers to further consider a more economically and environmentally sustainable alternative for recycling glass bottles and jars. GPF Scheme Manager Dominic Salmon says an...
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....
MEDIA RELEASE: Asahi Beverages has unveiled a new sustainability agenda as it uses its significant scale to create a more sustainable future for Australia and New Zealand. The agenda introduces new targets while incorporating previously announced ones, helping protect our planet and build a more sustainable...
A recent audit has shown Queenstown Lakes District residents and businesses are doing an awesome job of glass recycling with a low contamination rate....
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 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...
A Hawke’s Bay company’s good old Kiwi ingenuity and practicality is paving the way for improving recycling in the hospitality industry....
The increasingly popular Taranaki beach camp at Kaupokonui will be able to offer its residents and visitors glass recycling for the first time this summer, thanks to a grant from the Glass Packaging Forum. The grant, of $1,100, means the Kaupokonui and Districts Beach Society could...
The Glass Packaging Forum’s long-standing advocacy for separate kerbside glass collections has been backed by a recent report from WasteMINZ....