Scheme development
Waste tyres economic research
Waste tyres economic research: Intervention options to promote investment in on-shore waste tyres recycling In 2014, the Ministry for the Environment commissioned KPMG to research ...
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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 he knew ...
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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 day by day. ...
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Labour calls for Minister to front up over old tyres
Radio New Zealand National: Checkpoint The Environment Minister is rubbishing claims by the Labour Party that he is scuttling a new scheme to recycle old ...
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'Years wasted' after Government does U-Turn
The Government wasted time and money after “puncturing” a tyre recycling scheme, the Opposition’s environment spokeswoman says. A new scheme to safely recycle thousands of ...
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Autofile – ELTs meeting called for
The Tyrewise Working Group has called for a meeting with Environment Minister Nick Smith and the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) on the way forward ...
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Ruling Punctures Tyres Project
Industry experts are angry with a government decision to not give tyres special status, which in turn has scuppered plans to roll out a recycling scheme. The news was announced at ...
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ELT Mgmt: Regulatory Mis-steps, Mistakes, Makeovers
ELT Management: Regulatory Mis-steps, Mistakes, MakeoversPresented to the Tyre Industry Summit 2015 by Glenn Maidment, President of the Tire and Rubber Association of Canada Top ...
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Not a Good Look
It is disappointing to hear that government has decided to not proceed with the declaration of tyres as a “priority product” under the Waste Minimisation ...
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‘Pissed off’ at end-of-life tyre debacle
There was frustration and anger at the end-of-life tyre conference today when the Government effectively pulled the skids out from under an industry-wide solution to ...
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Tyres not a ‘Priority Product’ for New Zealand
The association representing companies that import and sell used vehicles in New Zealand has expressed its disappointment in a government decision not to proceed with ...
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Tyre Project Punctured
The Imported Motor Vehicle Industry Association (IMVIA) is disappointed with today’s announcement by the government that it has decided to not proceed with the declaration ...
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