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 that currently end up at the
A major group broadly representing the tyre industry is deeply disappointed with the stance taken by the Minister for the Environment regarding progressing stewardship outcomes for end-of-life tyres (ELTs). Representatives of
Bridgestone has signed a breakthrough agreement to collect and recycle waste tyres from its stores throughout the North Island of New Zealand. The agreement with Pacific Rubber covers all of Bridgestone’s
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 of tyres dumped in mangroves and
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 tyres. Listen to the interview
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 tonnes of old tyres was now
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 for a product stewardship scheme for
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 the inaugural Tyre Industry Summit held in
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 Act 2008. The industry group that
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 the hundreds of thousands of tyres
