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Reducing Waste, Increasing Recycling Is A Clear Case Of Separation
Friday, 29 March 2024, 5:04 am | Glass Packaging Forum
With a third of New Zealand’s population living in Auckland, the city has the biggest opportunity to reduce our nation’s waste and vastly increase how much we recycle, minimising the economic and environmental impact of sending recyclable material ... More >>
GPF Welcomes Minister’s Kerbside Recycling Announcement
Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 3:16 pm | Glass Packaging Forum
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 ... More >>
Plan For Lower Emissions, More Effective, And Cheaper Glass Recycling
Thursday, 6 October 2022, 10:27 am | Glass Packaging Forum
The Glass Packaging Forum (GPF) has unveiled a plan to improve glass recycling which is cheaper and more convenient for consumers than the proposed container return scheme (CRS), and better for the environment with less than half the emissions of the status ... More >>
Kiwis Urged To Rally Behind Cheaper, More Effective Scheme To Bolster Glass Recycling
Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 8:51 am | Glass Packaging Forum
Kiwis are being urged to rally behind an alternative proposal to enhance glass recycling in support of New Zealand’s ambition to create a zero-waste society. The scheme is a simpler, cheaper, and more effective alternative for glass to the Container ... More >>
Kiwi Ingenuity To Solve Glass Recycling Quandary
Friday, 18 December 2020, 11:50 am | Glass Packaging Forum
A Hawke’s Bay company’s good old Kiwi ingenuity and practicality is paving the way for improving recycling at council retirement villages, and possibly in the hospitality industry too. It has also earned attention and $20,000 of grant funding from glass ... More >>
The Path For Improved Glass Recycling Is Clear
Friday, 28 August 2020, 6:15 am | Glass Packaging Forum
The Glass Packaging Forum’s long-standing advocacy for separate kerbside glass collections has been backed by a recent report from WasteMINZ. The Recommendations for standardisation of kerbside collections in Aotearoa report, prepared for the ... More >>
The Kiwi Bottle Drive Accusation Of “vested Interests” Disappointing - GPF
Thursday, 27 August 2020, 3:39 pm | Glass Packaging Forum
The Glass Packaging Forum Is Disappointed But Unsurprised To See The Kiwi Bottle Drive Attacking The Glass Packaging Forum’s Record On Improving Glass Recycling In New Zealand.Since the GPF was formed in 2006, there has been a 28% increase in ... More >>
COVID-19 pandemic exposes flaw in recycling system
Friday, 17 April 2020, 4:04 pm | Glass Packaging Forum
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, says the Glass Packaging Forum (GPF). More >>
Grant Keeps South Island Glass Recycling On The Up
Tuesday, 11 February 2020, 1:03 pm | Glass Packaging Forum
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 ... More >>
Glass Packaging Forum welcomes Government’s decisive action
Friday, 9 August 2019, 10:17 am | Glass Packaging Forum
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 ... More >>
Government funding a thumbs up for model glass recycling
Thursday, 18 July 2019, 3:44 pm | Glass Packaging Forum
The announcement of $256,500 for Tauranga’s glass recycling service is a strong endorsement by Government of colour-sorted, kerbside glass collection, says Glass Packaging Forum scheme manager Dominic Salmon. More >>
South Island glass recycling on the up
Thursday, 6 June 2019, 11:56 am | Glass Packaging Forum
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) over the past two years. More >>
Grant helps keep Upper Hutt recycling on the up
Wednesday, 22 May 2019, 2:35 pm | Glass Packaging Forum
Glass recycling in Upper Hutt has become quicker, easier and more convenient thanks to a grant from the Glass Packaging Forum. More >>
Glass recycling unaffected by plastics changes
Tuesday, 21 May 2019, 2:07 pm | Glass Packaging Forum
Residents in a growing number of regions may not be able to recycle much of their plastic packaging anymore, but that shouldn’t discourage them from recycling glass, paper, cardboard and metal, say the Glass Packaging Forum. More >>
Grant helps fill the glass gap in Devonport
Wednesday, 16 January 2019, 9:43 am | Glass Packaging Forum
Recycling glass bottles and jars has become more accessible on the North Shore thanks to a $20,500 grant from the Glass Packaging Forum. More >>
Hospitality New Zealand joins the Glass Packaging Forum
Friday, 28 September 2018, 9:17 am | Glass Packaging Forum
One of New Zealand’s biggest trade associations is building on its sustainability efforts by joining forces with the Glass Packaging Forum. More >>
End to Tauranga’s glass recycling headache in sight
Friday, 8 June 2018, 3:17 pm | Glass Packaging Forum
Glass recycling will once again become quick and easy for Tauranga residents with the city council set to introduce a new kerbside collection service. More >>
Praise as glass product stewardship scheme re-accredited
Friday, 18 May 2018, 4:42 pm | Glass Packaging Forum
New Zealand’s only voluntary product stewardship scheme for container glass has been given the go ahead for another seven years. More >>
Making wheelie good use of solar power
Thursday, 14 December 2017, 6:59 pm | Glass Packaging Forum
The Whangaparaoa Community Recycling Centre has found a way to harness the power of the sun as it gears up for the busy festive season. More >>
Kiwi ingenuity helps crush transport costs post-quake
Friday, 8 September 2017, 4:52 pm | Glass Packaging Forum
The opening of new glass breaking technology in Christchurch today is aimed at reducing the impact of the Kaikoura earthquake on the recycling industry. More >>
