Steve Gill of Innovative Waste Kaikoura loads brown glass destined for recycling. Hundreds of tonnes of glass bottles and jars collected in Kaikoura are now being recycled rather than being used for drainage and cover on the landfill thanks to a partnership between Innovative Waste Kaikoura,...
Refill and reuse schemes are experiencing something of a renaissance, but the granddad of them all, ABC Swappa Crate, is still leading the way by a long stretch....
Glass has some great sustainability credentials but it’s ‘Achilles’ heel’ thas always been the emissions from its production. But this is beginning to change....
Nada Piatek is the co-found of Again Again which is working on the technology for a beer refill project using universal glass bottles. One of the first movers in reusable coffee cups in Aotearoa New Zealand, Again Again, is now branching out into beer. The company...
Solid CEO and founder Laura Nixon and her husband and co-founder Adam McConnochie are forging a new way to sell and buy oral care products in Aotearoa New Zealand. Solid is a classic example of Kiwi cottage industry and out the box thinking, with the company...
Students at Opunake High School in Taranaki are proving persistence and determination pays off, with their seaweed fertiliser project going from strength to strength....
The move to glass refillable bottles has gotten off to a stolid start for a popular string of Auckland taprooms The Beer Spot. The Glass Packaging Forum (GPF) awarded The Beer Spot a $29,000 grant to help roll out its new refill system, which uses glass...
Rotorua Lakes Community Board Chair Phill Thomass and Rotorua Lakes Council Waste Minimisation Officer Meghan Cooper with one of the bintainers at Lake Rotoiti. Rotomā and Rotoiti holiday makers and residents will be able to easily recycle glass bottles and jars thanks to funding from the...
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...