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Recycling Scheme For Food And Beverage Cartons Launched
Thursday, 1 February 2024, 10:16 am | The Packaging Forum
Scheme aims to divert as many cartons as possible from landfill to be recycled into new products. More >>
Enjoying The Holiday Season And Not Becoming The Waste Reduction Grinch
Tuesday, 19 December 2023, 11:11 am | The Packaging Forum
Christmas and the holiday season often means considerable waste –from mountains of wrapping paper to bins of glass bottles, plastic and food – there are, however, many ways to still make the most of the festive season while still minimising what ... More >>
Soft Plastic Recycling Returns To Dunedin And Mosgiel
Thursday, 14 September 2023, 11:26 am | The Packaging Forum
The Soft Plastic Recycling Scheme is pleased to announce that collections of soft plastic for recycling in Dunedin and Mosgiel will resume with bins back in stores from today. Collections in Dunedin and Mosgiel were halted in November 2022 due to ... More >>
Packaging Forum Welcomes Government Announcement On Changes To Waste System
Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 3:39 pm | The Packaging Forum
The Packaging Forum has welcomed today’s announcement by the Government regarding changes to New Zealand’s waste system, including recycling and disposal of waste. CEO Rob Langford says that while there is a need to further understand the details ... More >>
Progress Update On The Plastic Packaging Product Stewardship Scheme
Friday, 16 December 2022, 2:34 pm | The Packaging Forum
The Minister for the Environment, Hon David Parker, announced at an event in Auckland on 23 September that The Packaging Forum (the Forum) and the NZ Food & Grocery Council (NZFGC) will lead the co-design of a regulated Plastic Packaging Product ... More >>
Soft Plastic Recycling Arrives In The Gisborne Region For The First Time
Monday, 17 October 2022, 2:18 pm | The Packaging Forum
From today (17 October), Tairāwhiti residents can recycle their soft plastic packaging for the first time at six participating Countdown, PAK’nSAVE, The Warehouse, and Four Square stores in the wider Tairāwhiti region. The distinctive recycling bins ... More >>
The Packaging Forum, Nz Food & Grocery Council To Lead Initiative On Plastic Packaging
Friday, 23 September 2022, 10:23 am | The Packaging Forum
The Packaging Forum and the NZ Food & Grocery Council (NZFGC) have welcomed today’s announcement by the Minister for the Environment, Hon David Parker, that they will jointly lead the project to co-design a Plastic Packaging Product Stewardship ... More >>
Funding Available For Projects To Increase Recycling And Reduce Litter
Thursday, 14 July 2022, 1:45 pm | The Packaging Forum
Local community groups and organisations have the chance to access funding to assist them make their projects to increase recycling or reduce litter a reality. The Packaging Forum is calling for applications to its latest funding round which is open to community ... More >>
Soft Plastic Recycling Returns To Dunedin Thanks To Local Business Partnerships
Friday, 11 March 2022, 12:46 pm | The Packaging Forum
Dunedin residents are again able to recycle their soft plastic packaging at eight participating Countdown, New World and The Warehouse stores across Dunedin and Mosgiel. The distinctive recycling bins have returned to Countdown stores at South Dunedin, ... More >>
Soft Plastic Recycling Returns To Paeroa
Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 9:45 am | The Packaging Forum
Paeroa residents will be able to recycle their soft plastics at their local Countdown from today. The Soft Plastics Recycling Scheme is partnering with Paeroa based business Agrisea which supplies products made organically from sustainably sourced New Zealand ... More >>
Soft Plastic Recycling Arrives In Hawke’s Bay
Monday, 12 July 2021, 3:42 pm | The Packaging Forum
Hawke’s Bay residents will be able to recycle their soft plastic packaging for the first time at participating stores in Hastings, Napier and Waipukurau. Mayor of Hastings Sandra Hazlehurst and Mayor of Napier Kirsten Wise welcomed members of ... More >>
Packaging Forum Backs Plastics Phase-out
Tuesday, 29 June 2021, 9:22 am | The Packaging Forum
The country’s largest packaging industry group has welcomed Government’s move to phase-out difficult-to-recycle and some single-use plastics. The Packaging Forum CEO Rob Langford says the Forum, and its Soft Plastic Recycling Scheme (SPRS), had ... More >>
Move To Galvanise NZ Action On Compostable Packaging
Friday, 4 June 2021, 12:32 pm | The Packaging Forum
New Zealand’s foremost packaging industry group is tackling one of the sector’s most pressing issues as it works to develop a use-case for compostable packaging. The Packaging Forum’s Compostable Packaging Technical Advisory Group launched a ... More >>
Public Place Recycling Awareness On The Rise
Thursday, 8 April 2021, 11:11 am | The Packaging Forum
A recent survey on public place recycling and litter has seen a mixed bag of results, with awareness around public bins increasing but willingness to make extra effort to use them declining. The survey, conducted in early March by Horizon Research for ... More >>
Soft Plastic Recycling Returns To Christchurch
Monday, 15 February 2021, 10:34 am | The Packaging Forum
Christchurch residents can once again recycle their soft plastic packaging at participating stores across the City. The distinctive recycling bins have returned to Countdown stores at Church Corner, Colombo Street, Hornby and Moorhouse and The Warehouse stores ... More >>
Clear Need For Co-ordinated Action On Compostable Packaging
Wednesday, 3 February 2021, 7:36 am | The Packaging Forum
A recent survey of compostable packaging stakeholders by The Packaging Forum shows that between them they have completed over 100 compostable packaging projects in the last five years, with another 81 in progress and 85 more planned. Yet there has ... More >>
Packaging Forum Litter Reduction Project Funding Up For Grabs
Monday, 1 February 2021, 11:00 am | The Packaging Forum
The country’s biggest packaging industry organisation is offering funding for projects which aim to reduce litter in New Zealand. The Packaging Forum opened its first grant funding application round of 2021 today (1 February), to run for the ... More >>
Taranaki Residents Can Now Recycle Their Soft Plastics
Friday, 16 October 2020, 3:14 pm | The Packaging Forum
Taranaki residents will soon be able to recycle their soft plastics for the very first time, with collection bins being made available at Countdown Hāwera, Stratford, Spotswood, New Plymouth Central, The Valley and Vogeltown from Monday next week. ... More >>
Sustainable Packaging Industry Group Appoints Inaugural CEO
Thursday, 1 October 2020, 8:44 am | The Packaging Forum
Rob Langford. Rob Langford, who served as The Packaging Forum’s Independent Chair prior to his new appointment, took the reins as its first chief executive on 1 October 2020. Rob says he’s looking forward to beginning his new role, which he believes ... More >>
Soft Plastics Recycling Scheme Adds More Stores As Future Post Ramps Up Production
Friday, 11 September 2020, 9:00 am | The Packaging Forum
With Future Post doubling its processing capacity, the Packaging Forum’s Soft Plastic Recycling Scheme will be adding 15 Countdown stores to the scheme’s collection network. From Monday 14th September , collections bins will return to Auckland Countdown ... More >>
