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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.

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Introducing the 4 R’s of recycling

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

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

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

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Say ‘No’ to waste.

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

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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.

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

Sam O’Dea with students Cassidy Cooper, Layla McKinstry, Coco Edwards and Alpha Rae-Flick.

Athlete’s surprise visit a highlight for students

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Students who have been promoting RecycleKiwi at their school had a big surprise when Commonwealth Games athlete Sam O’Dea popped in. Sam decided to see for himself how youngsters at Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery in central Christchurch have fully embraced

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Principals are quick on the draw as RecycleKiwi packs handed out

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Senior teachers got some hands-on experience of CrestClean’s new education initiative that teaches kids about recycling. Spread over two separate days, members of the West Auckland Principals and the North Shore Principals’ Association attended a leadership day at Kumeu. During

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Zoe Sizemore with one of the coloured-in beach scenes from the RecycleKiwi online gallery.

Kiwi beach scene sketch draws praise from artist’s children

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When Zoe Sizemore began designing RecycleKiwi’s colouring-in picture she didn’t have to look very far for some young eyes to critique her work. The Papamoa artist’s two children, aged 5 and 7, were the first to see the initial design

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Naresh Mani presents a RecycleKiwi pack to Leanne Hanna, Principal's PA/Office Manager at Red Beach School.

School embraces RecycleKiwi as resources rolled out

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CrestClean’s RecycleKiwi programme has really struck a chord with teachers at an Auckland school. After a RecycleKiwi resource pack was delivered to Red Beach School a “thank you” card was left for CrestClean business owner Naresh Mani, who takes care

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Mount Maunganui College student Tai Preece helped bring RecycleKiwi to life.

Talented young animator helps get RecycleKiwi off to a flying start

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Bringing RecycleKiwi’s iconic bird character to life was a challenge budding young animator Tai Preece took in his stride. The 13-year-old Mount Maunganui College student was invited by CrestClean to apply his animation skills to the kiwi bird, the distinctive

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Coastal Cleanups Provide Valuable Data

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On Saturday people all over the world will hit the beach – but not for the usual sun and surf. Instead of wearing wetsuits and carrying surfboards, they’ll be sporting gloves and rubbish bags because it’s International Coastal Cleanup Day.

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School has big focus on creating cleaner and tidier environment

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Students and staff at Queenstown’s Shotover Primary School have been doing their bit to help CrestClean personnel create a cleaner and tidier environment. CrestClean Central Otago Regional Manager Danny Mastroianni has been working closely with school property manager David White

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Stickers in te reo Maori encourage kids to adopt good recycling habits

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Six words in te reo Maori are helping to teach New Zealand kids good recycling habits. The words feature on a set of colourful bilingual stickers that are a key component of RecycleKiwi – a brand new initiative aimed at

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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

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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

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RecycleKiwi gets off to flying start at bilingual school

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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

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Principals quick to get on board with RecycleKiwi

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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

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

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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

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World Recycling View archive

Rural waste scheme forecasts record growth as more farmers and growers look to recycle

The AgRecovery rural recycling programme started in 2007 and since then has recycled 1.5 million containers. Total volume of plastic collected and recycled was up by 34.4 per cent compared to the same time last year.

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Redesigning your packaging can solve NZ’s recycling issues

How can you improve your packaging design to increase its recyclability? Findings from WasteMINZ’ audit of 867 New Zealand households show that there are real opportunities for packaging designers and manufacturers to make changes that would greatly enhance the amount

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Govt to phase out more single-use and problem plastics

Associate Minister for the Environment Eugenie Sage has announced new plans to phase out more single-use and problem plastics to reduce waste.

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The world’s most littered item

Cigarette butts are the most littered item in the world, with an estimated 4.5 trillion littered annually. Each butt can take 5 to 400 years to completely break down.

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