11th May 2026 FSNI / RecyclingFoodstuffs North Island is starting a five-month trial of a new soft plastics compacting system that customers can use in-store at selected New World & Pak’nSave supermarkets.
28th July 2025 RecyclingAuckland’s New World Birkenhead is trialling what Foodstuffs says is New Zealand’s first supermarket-based reverse vending machine, which recycles single-use drink containers.
17th July 2025 Coffee / RecyclingNespresso has partnered with Briscoes to launch coffee capsule recycling stations across all their New Zealand store network.
29th May 2025 Foodstuffs / RecyclingFoodstuffs has introduced recycling collection points at its Waikato stores following a new partnership with The Packaging Forum’s Caps and Lids Recycling Scheme.
16th October 2024 Nestle / RecyclingNestlé’s coffee capsule brand, Nespresso, has introduced a new recycling for its coffee capsule waste.
10th September 2024 Packaging Forum / RecyclingThe Packaging Forum has launched a new Caps and Lids Recycling Scheme which is starting to plug the gap introduced by new kerbside recycling earlier this year.
28th February 2024 Boring Oat Milk / RecyclingNew Zealand oat milk brand Boring is now the only large-scale oat milk brand with recyclable packaging following this month’s change to the nationwide recycling system.
24th January 2024 Recycling / RegulationNew kerbside collection rules introducing standardised recycling across Aotearoa come into place on 1 February.
9th November 2023 Again Again / RecyclingAgain Again is continuing its circular economy drive joining with 36 New Zealand retailers and breweries including DB and Lion for its latest packaging push.
27th September 2023 Anchor / RecyclingCleaning product brand Will&Able, Z Energy, and Anchor Milk are expanding a trial of dedicated, closed-loop recycling bins at selected Z service stations from mid-September.
30th March 2023 NZFGC / RecyclingKerbside recycling changes are set to take place before the Plastic Packaging Product Stewardship Scheme work concludes, raising concerns at the NZFCG.
14th March 2023 Government / RecyclingThe government has deferred any further work on the controversial container return scheme (CRS) as part of its latest policy “re-prioritisation”.
