August 6, 2015
The man who loves tyres – Seven Sharp
Seven Sharp coverage of Alvin Cobb: Tyre lover Alvin Cobb collects tyres, owns two tyre shops and has filled an abandoned quarry with...
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...
July 29, 2015
Bridgestone leads way in NZ tyre recycling
[caption id="attachment_1860" align="alignright" width="300"] Bridgestone Australia and New Zealand Managing Director Andrew Moffatt[/caption] Bridgestone has signed a breakthrough agreement to collect and recycle...
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 18, 2015
Autofile – The government’s views
The Ministry for the Environment (MfE) deciding against progressing with giving tyres priority status under the Waste Minimisation Act was announced at the industry summit in Auckland. In a nutshell,...
June 18, 2015
Autofile – Summit progress despite stalemate
The inaugural Tyre Industry Summit has been described as successful despite the lobbying for a regulated end-of-life tyres (ELTs) stewardship programme ending...