Stakeholder voices
Illegal tyre dumping in Palmy cut in half after Tyrewise launch
The Palmerston North City Council has reported a sharp decline in illegal tyre dumping since the Tyrewise scheme launched.
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Spotlight on Tyre Collection Services
Source: Truck & Driver magazine October 2023 Truck & Driver magazine recently featured South Island-based tyre collection company Tyre Collection Services (TCS), in their October ...
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New distributors for Dunlop and Goodyear tyres in NZ
Tyremax New Zealand and National Tyre and Wheel Limited have announced they will be the distributors for Goodyear and Dunlop tyres in Aotearoa respectively. Tyremax ...
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Strong support and congratulations following Tyrewise announcement
The Motor Trade Association (MTA) has come out in full support of the announcement that Tyrewise will begin operating in 2023. The MTA has long ...
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Tyre industry pumped by Government announcement
Dumping and stockpiling of tyres will become a thing of the past after they were declared a priority product under the Waste Minimisation Act 2008.
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Regulated product stewardship of tyres discussed on Radio NZ
Tyrewise has been in the news recently with Radio New Zealand National’s Nine to Noon programme featuring a segment discussing a proposed regulated product stewardship ...
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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 new tax, as ...
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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 Government to get ...
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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.
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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, dumped or ...
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Paul Henry with Greens MP Julie Anne Genter
Paul Henry talks to Greens MP Julie Anne Genter in response to the Environment Minister Nick Smith’s offer of funding grants for new ideas to recycle end-of-life ...
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Grants offered for tyre recycling ideas
Source: New Zealand Herald article Environment Minister Nick Smith is offering funding grants for new ideas to recycle about three million old tyres each year ...
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