Kiwi Recycling News
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
Kiwi Recycling News
Package-Free Shopping on the South Island
Kiwi Recycling News
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
Students Study Rubbish Bins for Solutions
Kiwi Recycling News
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
Warm welcome for RecycleKiwi in Invercargill
Kiwi Recycling News
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
RecycleKiwi gets off to flying start at bilingual school
Kiwi Recycling News
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
Principals quick to get on board with RecycleKiwi
Kiwi Recycling News
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
What can you recycle in Auckland
Kiwi Recycling News
Auckland City Council takes you through their recycling system – item by item, bin by bin.
Reduce your Plate Waste
Kiwi Recycling News
The average Kiwi family wastes three trollies of food per year. There are so many smart ways to reduce what you scrape off your plate.
Zero Waste in a Community Near You
Kiwi Recycling News
Join your local community towards Zero Waste, find helpful resources, host a waste-free event, connect with campaigns and much more.
Why not just recycle it New Zealand?
Kiwi Recycling News
Recycling is important, but it isn’t always the answer: much of our recycling is sent overseas where it isn’t always recycled properly…or at all.
Last Straw for Wellington
Kiwi Recycling News
After discovering that some Wellington restaurants were giving out more than 800 straws per week, a stretch of waterfront businesses banned them.
Recycling’s Dead End
Kiwi Recycling News
For years, New Zealand shipped all of its recycling to China, but in 2017, China started turning it away in order to clean up it’s own environmental issues.