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...
by JonoB | Nov 5, 2019 | Case studies – Rethinking plastics
Palmerston North City Council collects over 4,000 tonnes of recycling from the Palmerston North kerbside collection service and owns their own MRF, which receives recycling from Horowhenua City Council, Waste Management – Palmerston North and New Plymouth, and...
by JonoB | Nov 5, 2019 | Case studies – Rethinking plastics
In 2016, Aucklanders sent 1.6 million tonnes of waste to landfill for disposal. Around 14% came from household kerbside collections, and 86% from commercial and other activities. That’s over one tonne of rubbish for every Aucklander. The Redvale Landfill and Energy...
