Latest funding sees $100k impact over 3k tonnes of glass a year
The latest Glass Packaging Forum grant funding round saw over $101,000 awarded to seven grants focused on improving glass recovery, storage and transport around New Zealand....
The latest Glass Packaging Forum grant funding round saw over $101,000 awarded to seven grants focused on improving glass recovery, storage and transport around New Zealand....
A recent audit has shown Queenstown Lakes District residents and businesses are doing an awesome job of glass recycling with a low contamination rate....
Click to enlarge. The Glass Packaging Forum is dedicated to keeping glass bottles and jars out of landfill so they can be recycled, reused or repurposed, but without data on how much glass is manufactured, imported and moved around New Zealand, and what’s happening to it,...
Ethical Waste owner Sam Gray with the forklift a GPF grant helped buy. Sam Gray is the owner of Ethical Waste, which has the site management contract at Waimarino Recycling Centre in Ohakune. Since taking over the contract 10 months ago Sam and his team have...
The team at Bin Hire recently developed a trolley into something which has the potential to help solve a long-running sustainability issue in New Zealand....
A mainstay in Oamaru’s recycling and reuse efforts, the Waitaki Resource Recovery Park, has received a $18,400 boost from the Glass Packaging Forum (GPF) to help them manage the increase they’ve seen in glass volumes for recycling. The grant will not only increase the amount of...
Hamilton’s move to a kerbside collection service with separate glass crates has meant a substantial increase in the glass collected – so much so the Glass Packaging Forum has stepped in with a $22,000 grant to help manage it. EnviroWaste Services was awarded the contract for...
The Uretiti Transfer Station glass storage bunkers (pictured before the upgrade) needed to be upgraded after the Whangarei District Council moved to separate glass recycling crates. Moving to the best practice method of separate glass recycling crates in Whangarei has seen volume begin to exceed storage...
A recent move by some of Kāpiti Coast District’s recycling collectors to a system where all glass bottles and jars are recycled has been welcomed by the Glass Packaging Forum. Kāpiti Coast District Council Waste Minimisation and Services Officer Katharina Kennedy explains previously some glass had...
The increase in glass recycling in and around Alexandra has seen the Alexandra Wastebusters operation become a hub for the area, requiring greater capacity to store glass for transport. Glass from the town and surrounding settlements has increased over the past three years, culminating with a...