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The Hydraloop system recycles and purifies water from showers, baths and washing machines, using a six step patented-process, and is able to reduce in-home water consumption by up to 45%.
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Plastic recycling numbers are up, with less councils sending them to landfills
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New records are being set for the amount of plastic being intercepted, and avoiding landfills. Polypropylene is now taken by nearly nine out of ten councils – that’s the likes of ice cream and margarine containers.
Keep New Zealand Beautiful sets record year
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Kiwi charity Keep New Zealand Beautiful is excited to announce the impact made during Clean Up Week 2022. Clean Up Week, which is New Zealand’s largest movement against litter, ran from September 17 to 23.
Auckland Council’s trial recycling scheme targets large plastic items
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A new Auckland Council trial aims to give large plastic items like laundry baskets, buckets, chairs, rubbish bins and storage boxes a new life. They can be dropped off at designated community recycling centres until the end of October.
Kiwi start-up begins extracting precious metals from e-waste
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Kiwi firm Mint has opened its Sydney refinery for extracting precious metals from e-waste, using micro-organisms. The Auckland-based startup will extract gold, platinum and other precious metals from old cellphones, laptops and other e-waste.
Tauranga’s household waste going to landfill almost halved in a year
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The amount of Tauranga household waste ending up in the local landfill has nearly halved since the city’s ratepayer-funded kerbside collection service was introduced last year. The new kerbside service was launched on July 1, 2021.
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
Where to recycle soft plastics in Tauranga: Scheme launches in 16 stores
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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.
Community clean-up collects a bucket of glass, three tyres and 19 bags of rubbish
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More than 20 Hastings volunteers from International WeloveU Foundation came together to clean up the Chatham Park on Chatham Road in Flaxmere, collecting 19 rubbish bags weighing 190kgs and retrieving three tyres and one bucket of broken glass.
Food cartons and packaging upcycled into building products
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Sustainable waste reduction company SaveBoard, with a $2.7 million investment from Freightways, is working to expand and do more to help the environment, by converting products such as food cartons and courier packaging into sustainable building materials.
Auckland company recycling 2000 tonnes of ewaste a year with new $3.4m machine
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Auckland-based Computer Recycling says its new $3.4 million system will enable it to process 2000 tonnes of computers, LCD TVs and mobiles a year. This almost doubles the amount of ewaste the company can process.
NZ Government launches plan to transform recycling systems
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The Government is calling on people to have their say on proposals to bring New Zealand’s recycling systems up to standard. Environment Minister David Parker says its current recycling systems are “inadequate”, and had resulted in lower rates of recycling.