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November 12, 2019 In Grants and Funding, Infrastructure and Technology, Public Place Recycling, Recycling

Grant keeps glass recycling shipshape at Havelock Marina

Port Marlborough has upped its sustainability efforts at the Havelock Marina with the instillation of a dedicated recycling hub, partly funded by a Glass Packaging Forum grant. The grant, of $10,000, is in addition to investments made by Port Marlborough into a dedicated recycling hub at...

November 5, 2019 In Grants and Funding, Infrastructure and Technology, Recycling

Grant keeps Far North glass recycling on the up and up

A truck offloads glass into one of the newly built storage bunkers built at the Kerikeri RE: Sort Resource Recovery Park. New Zealand’s newest resource recovery park is ramping up efforts to improve sustainability in the Far North, with help from the Glass Packaging Forum. The Kerikeri Re:Sort Resource...

November 1, 2019 In Grants and Funding, News, Recycling

A year of Tauranga glass recycling success

Glass is colour-sorted at kerbside as part of the Tauranga City Council's rates-funded glass collection service. Tauranga's kerbside glass recycling collection system has shown excellent results a year since it began, more than doubling collection rates. The Tauranga City Council reported 3,313 tonnes of glass was...

September 30, 2019 In Events, Grants and Funding, Public Place Recycling, Recycling

Grant helps take glass recycling to the people

Xtreme Zero Waste Raglan senior processor Kaleb Kingi, left, and processor Sean Dillon separate glass into the new trailer. Revelers at festivals and events around the Waikato will have little excuse not to recycle their glass bottles this coming summer after a grant doubled Xtreme Zero Waste’s ability to...

August 20, 2019 In Priority product, Recycling

Consultation on regulated product stewardship opens

The GPF currently runs the country’s only Government-accredited, voluntary product stewardship scheme for glass bottles and jars, with over 100 member brands. By Dominic Salmon, Glass Packaging Forum Scheme Manager It’s finally happened – a New Zealand government has taken the plunge and announced its...

August 9, 2019 In Priority product

Glass Packaging Forum welcomes Government’s decisive action to reduce waste to landfill

The Government’s announcement that it is working towards co-designed and regulated product stewardship for a number of products, including packaging, is a huge step in the right direction for New Zealand’s war on waste, says the Glass Packaging Forum (GPF). Associate Minister for the Environment Eugenie Sage today announced a...

July 18, 2019 In Grants and Funding, Infrastructure and Technology, News, Recycling

Government funding a thumbs up for model kerbside glass recycling

Pictured, from left, Smart Environmental Bay of Plenty Area Manager Johnny Dick, Waste Management Project Officer Nicole Banks, Tauranga City Council Team Leader: Waste Behaviour Change Programmes Cayley McLean, Tauranga City Council Manager: Sustainability and Waste Rebecca Maiden, Associate Minister for the Environment Eugenie Sage,...

July 8, 2019 In Grants and Funding, Recycling, Research

Ambitious young winemaker with sustainability at heart

3sixty2 wines founder and winemaker Alice Rule. PHOTO: Supplied One of New Zealand’s youngest woman winemakers is putting sustainability at the heart of her professional development as she seeks to drive glass recycling in the industry. Founder and winemaker of 3sixty2 wines, Alice Rule, is conducting research on ways to...

July 3, 2019 In Lifestyle, News, Recycling

Survey shows drinks taste better in glass

Press Release – O-I New ZealandNew Zealand’s only glass bottle manufacturer, O-I New Zealand, in support of some of Aotearoa’s top craft breweries, surveyed attendees at the Wellington Food Show on their thoughts and knowledge about glass. This year’s Wellington Food Show was the biggest yet...

June 6, 2019 In Grants and Funding, Infrastructure and Technology, Public Place Recycling, Recycling

South Island glass recycling on the up

Well over 23,000 tonnes of glass from the South Island was recycled in Auckland in 2018, up over 10,000 from 2016. Media release: Glass recycling in the South Island has seen major improvements recently with over $174,000 in grants being invested by the Glass Packaging Forum (GPF)...