Wednesday, 19 July 2023 13:55

Post recycling

Written by  Staff Reporters
A Marlborough-based company is coming to the rescue of those in need of fence posts. A Marlborough-based company is coming to the rescue of those in need of fence posts.

A major cost in getting farms back in operation is re-fencing, given the cost and availability of fence posts.

Coming to the rescue is a Marlborough company called 'RePost' which specialises in recycling posts.

It's the brainchild of Greg Coppell who runs a sheep and beef farm in Marlborough. For the past three years he's set up a company that recycles posts that get snapped off at the ground in local vineyards.

Rather than just throwing these away, Coppell removes any nails or fittings from the posts and turns them into perfectly good fence posts, which sell for about two thirds less than new posts.

He says he's had a call from the Hawke's Bay Regional Council to come to that district and recycle the posts from wrecked vineyards and orchards.

"Our system is mobile and so we may do this on site at the orchard, but the council has offered us some land where we can operate from," he says.

The initial work will be done in Hawke's Bay, but Coppell says they may also operate in the Gisborne district as well.

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