Displaying items by tag: recycling

Wednesday, 07 June 2023 06:55

Seeds of change

A proposed recycling levy on commonly used polyethylene woven seed sacks and bags is likely to come into effect next year.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 27 July 2022 07:55

Agrecovery, Plasback join forces

The two main plastic collection programmes in New Zealand's primary sector - Agrecovery and Plasback - have agreed to work together.

Published in General News
Friday, 10 June 2022 15:55

Bags a major recycling problem

New Zealand agriculture’s effort to recycle its waste plastic is a good news story.

Published in Machinery & Products
Tuesday, 11 May 2021 09:55

Industry backs recycling scheme

An on-farm plastic recycling initiative, Plasback, seems to be gaining momentum as the agricultural industry moves to reduce its environmental impact.

Published in General News
Thursday, 12 November 2020 10:19

State funding for recycling

Having declared in July that all farm plastics sold in New Zealand will have to be recycled or reused, the Ministry for the Environment has made two major grants to help this policy become a reality.

Published in Machinery & Products
Monday, 28 September 2020 09:29

Grevillia Ag joins recycling scheme

Nationwide on-farm recycler Plasback has more than doubled the volume of waste plastic it collected this year.

Published in Machinery & Products
Friday, 17 January 2020 13:43

Take stewardship of glass recycling

A young Marlborough producer is encouraging government and the New Zealand wine industry to take ownership of their glass recycling, before they are forced to.

Published in Industry
Thursday, 03 October 2019 11:49

State’s tougher line on farm plastics

The squeeze on plastics should be a sobering warning to farmers and plastic wrap suppliers says the head of Plasback, New Zealand’s on farm recycler.

Published in Machinery & Products
Friday, 12 July 2019 10:55

Saving the planet one post at a time

Working as a farmer and fencing contractor for 15 years made Jerome Wenzlick very familiar with fence posts — now he's “saving the planet one post at a time”.

Published in Machinery & Products
Thursday, 23 May 2019 07:58

Dairy’s top woman backs recycling

Dairy Woman of the Year Trish Rankin has a message for all farmers: recycling systems work and it is worth doing your bit.

Published in Agribusiness
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