August 8, 2019
Tyre industry welcomes priority product proposal
Millions of tyres piled around New Zealand are set to become a thing of the past with the announcement of a Government...
Priority Product
September 3, 2018
Tyre stewardship won’t mean a new tax
Marty Hoffart of Waste Watchers rightly points out that a mandatory product stewardship scheme to recycle tyres will not result in a...
August 19, 2018
Government waste work programme approved
Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage has announced a programme of work to take action on New Zealand’s long-neglected waste problems....
June 14, 2018
Industry ready to tackle New Zealand’s tyre problem
New Zealand’s tyre industry says it is ready to make mandatory stewardship for end of life tyres a reality, it just needs...
May 18, 2018
Moves to declare end of life tyres a priority product
New Zealand has edged one step closer to solving its ever-mounting problem with end of life tyres....
October 25, 2017
Tyres in coalition agreement
Following the recent elections, 3R Group, project managers for Tyrewise, are delighted to see funding for stewardship of end-of-life tyres as part...
November 2, 2015
Why are waste tyres not regulated?
Source: Radio New Zealand National Every year three million tyres [Note: Tyrewise believes this is more like 5 million] are put into landfills,...
September 29, 2015
Industry disappointed at Minister’s stance
A major group broadly representing the tyre industry is deeply disappointed with the stance taken by the Minister for the Environment regarding...
June 26, 2015
Illegally dumped tyres poisoning environment
Tyres are being dumped secretly all over the country, poisoning the environment and wasting economic opportunities, recyclers say. Dave Youngson of Ecoretainer said...
June 22, 2015
Tyre kingpin wants to export 700,000 tyres for recycling
At the end of a long driveway, hidden from sight in King Country, an Everest of torn, bald and stinking tyres grows...