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Kerbside Standardisation A Game Changer
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 12:10 am | Plastics New Zealand
Plastics New Zealand’s CEO Rachel Barker was extremely pleased to hear that kerbside standardisation had been announced. We’ve been waiting a long time for this decision. Our current recycling systems vary hugely from council to council, and this leads ... More >>
Recycling Week 2022: Big Increase In New Zealanders Recycling PP #5 Over The Past Year Says Plastics NZ
Tuesday, 18 October 2022, 9:29 am | Plastics New Zealand
New Zealanders have prevented more plastic than ever going to landfills over the past year thanks to 14 local councils (representing 740,000 people) now collecting and recycling more types of plastics. For Recycling Week 2022, Plastics New Zealand ... More >>
Plastics NZ Would Like To See Faster Action On Kerbside Standardisation
Monday, 14 March 2022, 10:23 am | Plastics New Zealand
Plastics New Zealand’s CEO Rachel Barker attended Minister David Parker’s announcement of the Transforming Recycling consultation yesterday. The consultation covers a container return scheme, standardisation of recycling, and food-waste collections. It’s great ... More >>
Plastics NZ Celebrates UN Decision To Create Global Plastics Agreement
Thursday, 3 March 2022, 7:55 am | Plastics New Zealand
Plastics New Zealand’s CEO Rachel Barker was excited to watch the birth of a global plastics agreement at the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.2) last night. “Receiving a standing ovation, this decision is a real game-changer in our fight ... More >>
Declaring Plastic Packaging A Priority Product Will Be Bad For The Environment
Wednesday, 29 July 2020, 4:00 pm | Plastics New Zealand
The Government’s decision to declare plastic packaging a priority product will do more harm than good, says Plastics NZ. Associate Environment Minister, Eugenie Sage, today announced six products to be declared ‘priority products’ signalling ... More >>
WasteMINZ And Plastics NZ Say It’s Time For The Greenwashing To Stop
Sunday, 23 February 2020, 12:45 pm | Plastics New Zealand
Plastics New Zealand’s CEO Rachel Barker has called for a crackdown on a practice called ‘greenwashing’ – where manufacturers claim their products are renewable or plastic free when they aren’t. “There is a high level of greenwash around ... More >>
Plastics NZ Calls for Action on Recycling Rates
Wednesday, 29 January 2020, 2:13 pm | Plastics New Zealand
Plastics New Zealand’s CEO Rachel Barker says that current plastic recycling rates aren’t high enough and that further action is urgently required. More >>
Plastics NZ to ‘Make Best Practice Standard Practice'
Monday, 9 December 2019, 9:17 am | Plastics New Zealand
Plastics NZ, the industry association representing New Zealand’s plastics manufacturers and resin suppliers, welcomes the release of the Rethinking Plastics in Aotearoa New Zealand report from the Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, ... More >>
Plastic Industry Ready to Work with Government
Friday, 9 August 2019, 1:57 pm | Plastics New Zealand
[Auckland, 9 Aug 2019] The plastics industry association, Plastics New Zealand, has welcomed the Government’s announcement today regarding consultation on proposed priority products and priority stewardship scheme guidelines. More >>
Innovative Twin Shower System Wins Supreme Design Award
Tuesday, 27 September 2016, 2:51 pm | Plastics New Zealand
Innovative Twin Shower System Wins Supreme Design Award Methven Limited was awarded the Supreme Award at the 2016 New Zealand Plastics Industry Design Awards Gala Dinner for their Aurajet AIO Twin Shower System. Methven have reinvented showering with ... More >>
Innovative Milk Meter Wins Supreme Design Award
Wednesday, 8 October 2014, 2:11 pm | Plastics New Zealand
Innovative Milk Meter Wins Supreme Design Award Millennium Plastics was awarded the Supreme Award at the 2014 New Zealand Plastics Industry Design Awards. Millennium won the award for their contribution to the design and development of Waikato Milking ... More >>
Where Road Cones Go To Die
Friday, 8 August 2014, 11:17 am | Plastics New Zealand
New Zealand road cone manufacturer, Proline Plastics, has closed the loop by taking back their old road cones to be shredded and recycled back into new cones. More than 15,000 road cones have been recycled by the company in the last 4 years at zero cost ... More >>
20 Years of Recycling at Fisher & Paykel
Friday, 21 February 2014, 12:18 pm | Plastics New Zealand
Since 1993 Fisher & Paykel Appliances has been doing its bit as a responsible brand-owner by recycling old whiteware and diverting thousands of tonnes of material away from New Zealand landfills. More >>
2008 Plastic Industry Design Award Winnners
Monday, 6 October 2008, 10:57 am | Plastics New Zealand
This year’s winners of the 2008 Plastics Industry Bi-Annual Design Awards were announced at a Gala Dinner held at the Ellerslie Event Centre in Auckland on Friday (3rd October). Prime Minister Helen Clark was in attendance to present this year’s ... More >>
Top Awards For Plastics Design To Be Announced
Thursday, 2 October 2008, 10:48 am | Plastics New Zealand
This year’s winners of the 2008 Plastics Industry Bi-Annual Design Awards will be announced on Friday 3rd October, at a Gala Dinner at the Ellerslie Event Centre in Auckland. Prime Minister Helen Clark will attend and present the awards. More >>
Top Awards For Plastics Design To Be Announced
Thursday, 2 October 2008, 10:42 am | Plastics New Zealand
This year's winners of the 2008 Plastics Industry Bi-Annual Design Awards will be announced on Friday 3rd October, at a Gala Dinner at the Ellerslie Event Centre in Auckland. Prime Minister Helen Clark will attend and present the awards. More >>
Top Awards For Plastics Design To Be Announced
Thursday, 2 October 2008, 10:42 am | Plastics New Zealand
This year's winners of the 2008 Plastics Industry Bi-Annual Design Awards will be announced on Friday 3rd October, at a Gala Dinner at the Ellerslie Event Centre in Auckland. Prime Minister Helen Clark will attend and present the awards. More >>
Plastics Industry supports bag reuse and recycling
Tuesday, 26 June 2007, 4:06 pm | Plastics New Zealand
Plastics New Zealand encourages consumers to “Make a Difference” by thinking before they take a single trip checkout bag. The joint Foodstuffs and Progressive Enterprises campaign launched today, 26 June 2007, asks consumers to reduce, reuse ... More >>
Awards For Plastics Design To Be Announced Friday
Monday, 9 October 2006, 4:21 pm | Plastics New Zealand
This year’s winners of the 2006 Plastics Industry Bi-Annual Design Awards will be announced on Friday (October 13), at a gala dinner at the Ellerslie Convention Centre in Auckland. Prime Minister Helen Clark will attend and present the awards. More >>
Talbot Plastics Wins Top Award
Tuesday, 12 October 2004, 10:08 am | Plastics New Zealand
The 2004 Plastics Industry Design Awards top award winner is Talbot Plastics Ltd, for a product that epitomises the Kiwi ‘can-do’ attitude. More >>
