by JonoB | Nov 5, 2019 | Case studies – Rethinking plastics
Zespri International Limited is the world’s largest marketer of kiwifruit. It is owned by Aotearoa New Zealand kiwifruit growers and sells premium kiwifruit into more than 50 countries, managing around 30% of the global volume. Kiwifruit makes up just a fraction of...
by JonoB | Nov 5, 2019 | Case studies – Rethinking plastics
During 2017–2018, Cerqueira evaluated the use of source separation for the recovery of construction waste on an active new-build construction site.[1] The site chosen was a residential development of approximately 350 m² floor area in Auckland. Among other...
by JonoB | Nov 5, 2019 | Case studies – Rethinking plastics
Assessments of plastic waste in the agricultural industry have been performed by GHD for the Environment Canterbury Regional Council in 2013 and the Waikato and Bay of Plenty Regional Councils in 2014. Council waste assessments also include some farm waste data but...
by JonoB | Nov 5, 2019 | Case studies – Rethinking plastics
Single-use plastics dominate the plastic litter items collected from coastal cleanups in Aotearoa New Zealand Sustainable Coastlines developed Litter Intelligence – a citizen science-based initiative to measure litter on Aotearoa New Zealand’s coastlines and collate...
by JonoB | Nov 5, 2019 | Case studies – Rethinking plastics
In LCAs of wine, the analysis extends from growing grapes through to winemaking, and on to distribution, consumption and end-of-life management of the empty wine bottle. The production and transport of the wine bottle itself is an environmental hotspot in the life...
