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RecycleKiwi is here to help schools, businesses and organisations 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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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 workplace.

So, what’s in the pack…

A large wall poster to help promote recycling awareness.

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.

NEW VIDEO – How to reduce waste on your next shop

Check out our new video featuring the O’Dea Beach Brothers walking us through their local supermarket to share some useful tips on how we can make good choices while shopping to help reduce waste going into landfill.

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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.

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

Lesson in recycling captures kids’ imagination

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It was back to the classroom for CrestClean’s Auckland South Regional Director Viky Narayan when he spent the morning at Ormiston Primary School giving a lesson on recycling. Viky’s daughter Aanaya, 7, attends the school and he visited her class

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Double the action as CrestClean sponsors two top beach volleyball teams

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CrestClean is proud to sponsor not one but two top beach volleyball teams as they compete this summer for a spot in the Commonwealth Games. We are once again getting behind beach brothers Sam and Ben O’Dea, but this year

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Beach Brothers’ final Olympic bid

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Tauranga’s RecycleKiwi Ambassadors and beach volleyball stars Sam and Ben O’Dea will get their push to qualify for the Olympics underway later today.

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RecycleKiwi hero Ollie is stuck on bins

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Bins, bins, bins… 7-year-old Ollie Chamberlain can’t get enough of them! So, when he received a pack of RecycleKiwi waste separation stickers in the post, he was super excited and quickly got to work labelling all his bins. “He spent

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70,000+ RecycleKiwi stickers improve recycling habits across New Zealand

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A growing appetite for effective recycling has seen more than 70,000 RecycleKiwi waste separation bin stickers distributed throughout New Zealand. RecycleKiwi, a public education programme to help improve waste management, was launched 20 months ago by commercial cleaning company CrestClean.

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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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World Recycling View archive

The Warehouse making recycling pre-loved toys easy for Kiwis

The Warehouse is giving Kiwis an easy and free way to make a sustainable choice this month, keeping toys out of landfill. Kiwis are encouraged to bring broken and ‘end of life’ toys into store for recycling.

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Where to recycle soft plastics in Tauranga: Scheme launches in 16 stores

Tauranga residents can now recycle their soft plastics at 16 local grocery stores. The Soft Plastics Recycling Scheme, run by The Packaging Forum, gives participating supermarkets dedicated drop-off bins for soft plastics, such as bread bags and other food wrappings.

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Kerbside recycling comes to Tararua

Tararua’s new recycling service is scheduled to start in July. The new urban kerbside recycling service means residents in Dannevirke, Pahīatua, Eketāhuna, and Woodville will have their recycling collected directly from their homes, along with a glass crate.

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Better Recycling: These Superworms Can Digest Non-Biodegradable Styrofoam

Researchers have discovered a species of superworms that feasts on styrofoam, and its gut could hold the secret to better recycling. The superworms are the larvae of Zophobas morio darkling beetles, and were discovered by University of Queensland researchers.

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