June 25, 2021
First public recycling bins for Upper Hutt parks
Public recycling bins have made their first appearance in an Upper Hutt park thanks to help from The Packaging Forum....
June 3, 2021
Compostable packaging use-case consultation
The Packaging Forum is working with other key stakeholders (including composters) on resolving the issues surrounding compostable packaging. This consultation is a critical part of our collaborative work programme to progress solutions for this packaging type....
April 7, 2021
Public place recycling awareness on the rise
A recent survey on public place recycling and litter has seen a mixed bag of results, with awareness around public bins increasing but willingness to make extra effort to use them declining....
July 31, 2020
Packaging Forum disputes Greenpeace remarks on plastic beverage containers
Single-use plastic beverage containers, such as plastic bottles, are included in the Government’s latest announcement to tackle waste reduction....
July 30, 2020
Soft Plastic Recycling Scheme ready for move to regulated product stewardship
The Government’s announcement to regulate product stewardship for single-use plastic packaging is broadly supported by the Soft Plastics Recycling Scheme....
July 29, 2020
Pivotal point for packaging in New Zealand
The Packaging Forum, backs today’s announcement by Associate Minister for the Environment Eugenie Sage to declared a plastic packaging a priority product....
July 16, 2020
Packaging Forum backs waste levy increase
The Packaging Forum welcomes Government's announcement to increase the waste disposal levy as well as provide $124 million in recycling investment....
June 19, 2020
Public Place Recycling Scheme annual report
The Public Place Recycling Scheme annual report (2019-2020)....
June 17, 2020
Extend your thinking about packaging waste
Packaging producers have the ability to pivot away from the take-make-waste, linear economy, giving consumers the ability to support a circular economy....
June 5, 2020
Plastic bottle ban not the solution
The Packaging Forum, believes a call to ban all plastic bottles is not the solution for ending plastic pollution....
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