News & Community Stories

Read these inspiring local stories about going above and beyond to ensure a sustainable future in Taranaki.

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Raymond Buckland – Egmont Refuse and Recycling Sustainable Business Champion

Raymond Buckland is the passionate owner of Egmont Refuse and Recycling located at 12 Scott Street in Hawera, and he successfully runs a “climate positive” business model. A progressive seeker of alternatives for our common household waste, we’ve selected him as our Sustainable Business Champion for the month of March.

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New Plymouth Implements three-month recycling bin ban - we’re here to help!

Our Taranaki region prides itself on its sustainable efforts, and we are here to help. Sustainable Taranaki provides education, workshops, and tours at The Junction - Zero Waste Hub on Colson Road. The Recycling/Zero Waste tours are free and can be booked for your group, family, school, kindergarten, business or organisation.

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Know your Plastics?

Plastic waste is one of the main causes of pollution around the world. What’s the best solution to this problem? Reducing, reusing and refusing! We too often end up purchasing plastic that we cannot reuse, and the next best thing we can do is to recycle them. What plastic can be recycled will depend on where you are.

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Curious Minds Project

Together with Ōpunake Communities Kindergarten, Sustainable Taranaki is embarking on its new Project “Our Green Ōpunake Journey”. This is one of the four initiatives from the Curious Minds fund supported by Venture Taranaki. Curious Minds works with school and community groups who have questions or ideas that can be explored or tested with science.

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Container Deposit Schemes

For almost twenty years the organisation Envision has specialised in the community waste sector. We asked Envision Manager Matthew Luxon what he thought of the recently announced research into introducing a container deposit scheme in New Zealand. Matthew specialises in the establishment and operation of community-led, resource recovery enterprises nationally. Here is what he said.

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