Welcome to RecycleKiwi

RecycleKiwi with bucket of trash

RecycleKiwi is here to help schools to improve their recycling efforts with interesting and fun educational resources.

Education is the key to changing behaviours around waste minimisation. People of all ages need to understand the impact that waste has on our natural environment and learn the 4R’s of recycling.

Learn more about the 4 R’s

Introducing the 4 R’s

Say ‘No’ to waste.
This choice is powerful. Refuse plastic straws and packaging. Refuse anything unnecessary.

Learn more about Refusing

Understand the impact that waste has on our natural environment. What are you doing to reduce waste?

Learn more about Reducing

Give things a second lifecycle…reuse, repair and share. Wash and reuse containers and refill your water bottle.

Learn more about Reusing

Say ‘No’ to waste.

Recycling is very important in reducing waste. Take care when separating recyclables.

Learn more about Recycling

RecycleKiwi brings the 4R’s to your school

CrestClean is proud to announce the launch of a public education programme to help improve waste management in New Zealand.

RecycleKiwi shares fun and engaging resources and activities to educate kids and consumers on the 4R’s – Refuse, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle – which are critical to minimising the negative impacts of rubbish on our environment.

CrestClean’s Managing Director Grant McLauchlan says urgent action is needed and collectively we can all make a big difference by changing our habits.

View the article

CrestClean’s Managing Director Grant McLauchlan at the launch of RecycleKiwi during the New Zealand Principals’ Federation conference.

Regional Manager Glenn Cockroft and franchisee Kim Jin present a RecycleKiwi pack to Julian Ineson, Principal of Invercargill’s St Theresa’s School.

Warm welcome for RecycleKiwi in Invercargill

Recycling News Stream

RecycleKiwi has landed in Invercargill with the first resource pack being presented to Invercargill’s St Theresa’s school. Principal Julian Ineson was delighted to receive the colourful box from CrestClean’s Invercargill Regional Manager Glenn Cockroft, and franchisee Kim Jin, who has

Full Story

RecycleKiwi gets off to flying start at bilingual school

Recycling News Stream

The rollout of RecycleKiwi was perfect timing for staff and kids at Maraenui Bilingual School. The Napier school was the first in the area to receive a resource pack that helps schools to improve their recycling. Although the school already

Full Story

Principals quick to get on board with RecycleKiwi

Recycling News Stream

RecycleKiwi was officially announced at the 2019 New Zealand Principals’ Federation conference, of which CrestClean is a Gold Business Partner. Principals from around the country listened intently as CrestClean’s Managing Director Grant McLauchlan explained RecycleKiwi and showed a short video

Full Story

CrestClean couple join volunteers in beach clean-up of littered coastline

Recycling News Stream

CrestClean business owners Dominik Drahoninsky and Barbora Opavova have been praised for their part in making a community-led beach clean-up a big success. The couple joined dozens of other volunteers to collect rubbish on Auckland’s Muriwai Beach. Event organiser Christina

Full Story

RecycleKiwi brings the 4R’s to your school

Recycling News Stream

CrestClean is proud to announce the launch of a public education programme to help improve waste management in New Zealand. RecycleKiwi shares fun and engaging resources and activities to educate kids and consumers on the 4R’s – Refuse, Reduce, Reuse

Full Story

World Recycling View archive

Every Cuppa Counts

MythMost people believe disposable coffee cups can be recycled or composted. RealityThe mixture of plastic and paper in the lining makes them difficult to recycle; compostable cups can only be composted in high-heat, industrial composting facilities, not your backyard worm

Link to story

Package-Free Shopping on the South Island

Auckland-based GoodFor, which sells bulk products to customers who bring their own jars and boxes, is moving to Christchurch and opening a Wellington shop in November. GoodFor goes beyond the plastic bag ban and sells food and other household items

Link to story

Students Study Rubbish Bins for Solutions

It may seem disgusting to dig through rubbish bins, but these Marlborough Girls College also say “It’s kind of disgusting to think how much food goes to waste.” The girls undertook an audit of all the waste generated by their

Link to story

What can you recycle in Auckland

Auckland City Council takes you through their recycling system – item by item, bin by bin.

Link to story

The RecycleKiwi Resources Pack

The RecycleKiwi Resources pack has everything you need to kick start your recycling programme. It’s free to order one for your school or office.

So, what’s in the pack…

A large wall poster to help promote recycling awareness.

Recycling Wall Poster

A sticker set to set up your recycling system

Use these stickers to easily turn any rubbish bins into recycling and waste separation bins.

A poster set to highlight your recycling system

These 5 colourful wall posters to display recycling information…great for highlighting your recycling station.

A pad of 30 RecycleKiwi illustrations

All ages will love to colour this detailed beach scene illustration. Upload your art piece and we’ll put as many as we can up on our gallery.