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Industry disappointed at Minister’s stance
September 29, 2015
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 ...
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Bridgestone leads way in NZ tyre recycling
July 29, 2015
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 ...
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Illegally dumped tyres poisoning environment
June 26, 2015
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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Labour calls for Minister to front up over old tyres
June 19, 2015
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
June 19, 2015
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
June 18, 2015
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
June 5, 2015
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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Not a Good Look
June 3, 2015
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
June 2, 2015
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
June 2, 2015
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
May 28, 2015
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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It's time for decisions…
December 2, 2014
Source: Autotalk – IndustryTALK By David Crawford, CEO of the Motor Industry Association of NZ (Inc) It’s time for our government to make decisions on ...
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