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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.
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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.
New process could make plastic recycling more profitable
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A new process that uses plastic-eating bacteria to turn mixed plastic waste into useful chemicals could make plastic recycling more profitable. These chemicals are more valuable than recycled plastic, and the process could also save money on sorting.
What’s the deal with recycling lids?
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Different regions across New Zealand have slightly different levels of recycling automation within their recycling infrastructure, some use a manual sort while others are more automated.
How flip-flop art helps clean Kenya’s beaches
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Flip-flops are one of the oldest styles of shoes in the world. We make over 1 billion of them every year, and one company in Kenya recycles them into colorful works of art.
For the first time in two years, no Christchurch recycling went to landfill
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Christchurch residents have finally learnt a valuable life skill: do not put rubbish in your recycling bin. That means for the first time in two years, none of the city’s recycling had to be sent to landfill for a fortnight.
Charity connects communities through recycling laptops
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Recycle a Device, or RAD, connects those in need with digital devices. It gets laptops into the hands of people that need them most, while diverting e-waste from landfill.k to take up that challenge.
‘We are truly recycling plastic here in Southland’
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A Southland business aims to recycle a tonne of agricultural plastic an hour in its new $2 million plant — the first of its kind in the country.
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.
University Student Invents Solar Panels Made From Food Waste
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When Carvey Ehren Maigue’s transition glasses darkened as rain clouds blanketed the sky, he realized something that the creator and manufacturers of solar panels have been missing for decades. Apparently, ultraviolet light still comes through the blanket of heavy rainclouds.
Your next necklace may have gold from an old phone
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Jewellery brands big and small have been turning to e-mining, using metals reprocessed from devices such as mobile phones, laptops, gaming consoles and graphics cards as an alternative to mined materials.
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.