Stakeholder voices
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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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 progressing stewardship outcomes ...
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Bridgestone leads way in NZ tyre recycling
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
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
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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