Kiwi Recycling News
Will&Able, Z Energy (Z), and Anchor Milk have announced they plan to expand a trial of dedicated, closed-loop recycling bins at selected Z service stations.
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Gamifying Sustainability: How Binpong is Turning Recycling into a Fun and Rewarding Experience
Recycle World Recycling
The principal goal of Binpong is to reduce landfill waste by turning recycling into a fun experience with the help of gamification.
Kaikoura’s glass headed for recycling instead of landfill
Kiwi Recycling News
A new glass recycling system is coming to Kaikōura, with kerbside bins being rolled out to households and a destination locked in for the collected bottles and jars.
New recycling technology deconstructs mixed plastics
Recycle Reuse World Recycling
A team of US chemists has found a way to convert unrecyclable mixtures of plastic into useful chemicals. Mixed materials usually end up in landfill because they are very difficult to recycle.
Your pictures on the theme of ‘recycled’
Recycle Reuse World Recycling
The BBC asked its readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of “recycled”. Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world.
Should soft plastics be collected in kerbside recycling?
Kiwi Recycling News
It is estimated that thousands of tonnes of soft plastics are sent to landfill each year, so if it was an option to put them in with kerbside recycling would that get more people onboard?
Green team to score gold in recycling efforts
Kiwi Recycling News Recycle Reduce
The Zespri AIMS Games green team are getting ready to have a huge impact by leading recycling efforts throughout the week long event. The goal of the green team is to create the least amount of waste possible.
Inside the UK’s biggest phone recycling facility
Recycle Reuse World Recycling
A study last year revealed the worth of smartphones in our drawers was £1bn, while five billion handsets were thrown away worldwide in 2022. Sky News visits a recycling facility that aims to make sure no device goes to waste.
Net gain as old fishing gear recycled for other uses
Kiwi Recycling News Recycle Reuse
Commercial fishing nets that have reached the end of their working life in New Zealand waters are headed for new roles overseas, in an initiative between Sealord and Motueka Nets.
Matting at Timaru playground part of innovative recycling programme
Kiwi Recycling News Recycle Reuse
The rubber matting being laid at the site incorporates recycled material from the playground’s original matting – making CPlay the first in New Zealand to recycle its old rubber waste at a new recycling plant in Ōamaru.
RAD Bikes recycling old ‘dungers’
Kiwi Recycling News Recycle Reuse
RAD Bikes, also known as ‘Recycle A Dunger’ gets bikes donated by members the community and gets them back on the road in good riding condition.
No battery left behind in recycling solution
Kiwi Recycling News Recycle
A 100 percent Kiwi, privately owned recycling company has become the first New Zealand business to offer an end-to-end nationwide ‘all waste batteries’ recycling solution.