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.
15th March 2023 Opinion / RecyclingThe government’s deferral of the CRS will ultimately cost households and communities more – not less – writes Again Again’s Nada Piatek.
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”.
22nd February 2023 Recycling / SaveBOARDNew Zealand packaging waste innovator SaveBOARD has opened its first beverage carton recycling facility in Australia.
24th January 2023 Ingham's / RecyclingIngham’s New Zealand’s Waitoa free-range chicken and Sealed Air CRYOVAC product has won a WorldStar Packaging Award.
22nd November 2022 RecyclingThe Warehouse has launched a new recycle hub at its Royal Oak store in Auckland.
21st October 2022 Kōkako / RecyclingKōkako’s supermarket coffee brand Everybird has teamed up with local reclaimed product producer Goatloft to transform its Auckland billboard into 50 one-of-a-kind reusable tote bags.
19th October 2022 Packaging / RecyclingAn additional 14 councils have started collecting and recycling more types of plastics in the last 12 months, according to Plastics New Zealand.
18th October 2022 Packaging / RecyclingFoodstuffs and The Warehouse are participating in a new soft plastic recycling scheme in Tairāwhiti, according to The Packaging Forum.
18th July 2022 Packaging / RecyclingThe government has become a supporting member of ANZPAC Plastics Pact, a voluntary platform addressing plastic packaging.
14th July 2022 Packaging / RecyclingThe Packaging Forum is calling for applications to its latest funding round.
6th May 2022 Chia Sisters / RecyclingChia Sisters has launched a petition calling on the government to establish a scheme to re-use bottles as part of its Container Return Scheme which is out for consultation.
4th May 2022 Packaging / RecyclingThe Zero Waste Network and The Kiwi Bottle Drive have welcomed the government’s Container Return Scheme proposal for the breadth of materials included, that is plastic, aluminum, glass and liquid packaging board.
2nd May 2022 Packaging / RecyclingThe government has extended the consultation period on three proposals released in April to transform recycling in Aotearoa New Zealand, Te Panoni i te Hangarua.
4th April 2022 Beverage / RecyclingThe Kiwi Bottle Drive, New Zealand’s community campaign for bottle deposits, is calling on the public to make submissions to the government’s consultation on a proposed beverage Container Return Scheme.
28th March 2022 Packaging / RecyclingTransforming recycling with the government’s Container Return Scheme.
24th March 2022 Recycling / ScionIndustry needs support from government in the form of clear and co-ordinated policy, regulation, and incentives to help New Zealand achieve zero plastic waste.
15th March 2022 CRS / RecyclingThere’s criticism of the government’s proposed container return scheme, but beverage giant Coca-Cola looks to support it under certain conditions.
14th March 2022 CRS / RecyclingThe government has laid out its proposed CRS, and claims manufacturers and retailers will be able to pass on costs to the consumer.
14th March 2022 Recycling / SupermarketsDunedin residents can now recycle their soft plastic packaging at eight Countdown, New World and The Warehouse stores across Dunedin and Mosgiel.
18th October 2021 Food Waste / RecyclingThe government is seeking feedback on proposals for a new waste strategy and options for legislation.
12th October 2021 Goodman Fielder / RecyclingGoodman Fielder is reducing the amount of virgin plastic originating from Meadow Fresh brand milk bottles by including recycled plastic content in its containers.
5th October 2021 Recycling / SynlaitConsumer demand and the bedding down of new processes will dictate the next steps following the four-week trial.
22nd September 2021 Mondelēz / RecyclingThe new part-recycled packaging for Cadbury Dairy Milk family blocks will hit New Zealand shelves next year.
22nd September 2021 RecyclingThe Kiwi Bottle Drive has launched an ad campaign to encourage the government to immediately implement a beverage container return scheme.
21st September 2021 Packaging / RecyclingKiwi company saveBOARD has secured a A$1.74m grant from the Australian and New South Wales governments to set-up a A$5m facility that will turn packaging waste such as used beverage cartons and coffee cups into building materials.
2nd August 2021 Packaging / RecyclingWellington City Council’s recycling facility now has an optical sorter, capable of diverting over seven million meat and other clear plastic trays from the region’s landfills and overseas processors each year.
21st July 2021 Innovation / RecyclingThink you know reusable takeaway coffee cup company Again Again? Think again (again).
12th May 2021 RecyclingA new silicone recycling scheme, said to be a first for the southern hemisphere, has been launched by eco friendly product retailer Much Cupboard.
