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...
The GPF has recently published a report on what’s happening in New Zealand with refillable containers and what the future may bring....
The GPF supports regulated product stewardship for all container glass and believes glass should be excluded from a CRS until an alternative model has been examined....
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....
Glass bottles and jars continue to be one of, if not the, most recycled products in New Zealand. This according to the Glass Packaging Forum’s (GPF) recently released annual report which noted a recovery rate of all glass bottles and jars sold in New Zealand of...
The new glass bunkers mean glass recycling is more secure and easier for the public. MEDIA RELEASE: Recycling glass in Manawatu is now easier and safer after the council built a new facility, with help from the Glass Packaging Forum (GPF). The new transfer station and recycling...
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...
Alexandra Wastebusters has been collecting between three and four, full 240L wheelie bins of glass each week in Clyde since the bins were installed. Central Otago glass bottles and jars which would normally have been landfilled or stockpiled are now being recycled thanks to a grant...