November 2, 2015
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,...
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October 28, 2015
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...
October 27, 2015
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...
July 30, 2015
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...
June 26, 2015
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...
June 22, 2015
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...
June 19, 2015
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...
June 19, 2015
‘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...
June 18, 2015
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...
June 5, 2015
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...