Xtreme Zero Waste's chief story teller Sarah Lancaster with Collections Coordinator Awatea Dillon, left, and Senior Processor Kaleb Kingi. Xtreme Zero Waste in Raglan is one of the country’s longest running and most successful waste warrior community groups. Their new centre of excellence, which the Glass Packaging...
A leader in New Zealand’s war on waste is further upping its game with a centre of excellence partly funded by the Glass Packaging Forum (GPF)....
Waikato District Council Solid Waste Team Leader Phillip Ellis with the new glass storage bunkers. The Waikato District Council has upped its recycling game with a new, fit-for-purpose kerbside recycling sorting centre in Huntly. The new centre, which received a $20,000 grant from the Glass Packaging Forum...
A grant from the Glass Packaging Forum has helped keep high-quality recycled glass flowing from the South Island’s Waitaki district to Auckland to be made into new containers....
EcoCentral's glass collection trial will determine the viability, and sustainability of collecting colour-sorted glass for processing back into glass containers. Christchurch-based EcoCentral is trialling a new way for residents of the Garden City to recycle their glass bottles and jars. The trial, at EcoCentral’s Parkhouse transfer station,...
Palmerston North City Council has hugely increased its ability to store glass for recycling, thanks in part to a grant from the Glass Packaging Forum (GPF)....
Rural Western Bay of Plenty residents will soon have easier access to recycling thanks to specially designed trailers....
Global beverage company Lion has released its 2021 sustainability report which highlights its progress against its targets for 2030. It also outlines a reshaped sustainability strategy guided by an environmental, social, governance (ESG) framework. Some key sustainability achievements are: A 28% reduction in scope 1 and 2 carbon...
The latest Glass Packaging Forum grant funding round saw over $101,000 awarded to seven grants focused on improving glass recovery, storage and transport around New Zealand....
The new storage bunkers for recycled glass will greatly reduce contamination. Taumarunui Transfer Station’s glass recycling got a facelift recently, thanks in part to a grant from the Glass Packaging Forum. The grant, of $28,000, helped the Ruapehu District Council build brand new storage bunkers for the...