Government’s announcement today (29 July) declaring a host of products, including single-use plastic packaging, priority products under the Waste Minimisation Act is a huge leap in the right direction in New Zealand’s war on waste....
The Glass Packaging Forum (GPF) has released its 2018-2019 annual accreditation report highlighting the performance of glass recovery nationally, including recycling, mass balance data, funding, and stakeholder engagement. The report is an annual requirement of its Government accreditation and demonstrates industry’s long-term stewardship of glass. GPF Scheme...
While COVID-19 Alert Level 4 and 3 interrupted most recycling services around the country some councils found ways of ensuring recyclables could still be collected....
The Glass Packaging Forum (GPF) is appealing to councils and recyclers around New Zealand to apply for grants in its upcoming funding round if they need assistance to revive glass recycling following the lockdown....
A grant of $6,000 helped the Matamata-Piako District Council provide a mixed glass recycling bin and staff to manage social distancing at temporary collection sites in Morrinsville, Matamata and Te Aroha. This was to ensure the continued recycling of glass during the COVID-19 lockdown, which...
Christchurch City Council’s decision to ask residents not to stockpile recyclables and send it to landfill is a result of the wasteful collection method used....
The public is being called on to support glass recycling during and after the COVID-19 lockdown to ensure a supply of glass containers to essential food and beverage manufacturers. The country’s only container glass stewardship scheme, the Glass Packaging Forum (GPF) says while the Ministry for the Environment has...
When it comes to sustainability the waste hierarchy is the simplest and often best guideline, and it’s no different for packaging. In the hierarchy reuse is king and no other packaging material is better suited to this than glass. While reusing glass bottles and jars at scale around New...
New Zealand moving to COVID-19 Alert Level 4 has had wide-ranging impacts across society, with recycling among those. The Glass Packaging Forum has been working to ensure the flow of recycled glass to the furnace continues. Read more. ...
South Island glass recycling has been given a boost after the Glass Packaging Forum helped upgrade the 5R Solutions hub in Christchurch. The Forum funded a grant of just over $11,500 for the construction of storage bunkers at 5R Solution’s new glass recovery facility in Hornby, which opened...