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AGRECOVERY FOUNDATION wants councils to introduce and enforce burning bans after a recycling surge followed the introduction of a burning ban in Canterbury in January 2014.

FONTERRA MILK for Schools celebrates one year in Otago today (May 23).To date, 8135 school children from 100 schools across the region have participated in the programme.

On-farm recycling company Plasback says for the sixth year in a row the tonnage of plastic waste it collected has increased significantly, proving that voluntary product stewardship schemes can work.

Leading rural recycling programme Agrecovery is again offering $5000 worth of rewards to encourage more farmers and growers to get recycling.

The uptake of on-farm recycling has received a major boost with Federated Farmers and the Agrecovery Foundation, actively joining forces to increase farmer involvement in the Agrecovery recycling programme.

New Zealand's leading rural recycling programme is running a rewards initiative this autumn to encourage more farmers to recycle.