The home of product stewardship
We design and develop product stewardship programmes for industry and business. Product stewardship allows people and business to take responsibility for the products they make and sell through their lifecycle, and particularly at the end of their useful life, so that these products are recycled, reused, repurposed or properly disposed of.
Whether voluntary or regulated, we are your product stewardship partner. Talk to us.
3R Group – combining imagination and science to repurpose waste
Stewardship solutions
Product stewardship lets each party in a products’ life cycle contribute to the effective recycling or disposal of the product and its packaging, as well as looking back up the supply chain to how a product is designed, manufactured and sold.
Our programmes
From tyres to refrigerants, agrichemicals to paint, farm plastics to child car seats, we’ve been at the forefront of product stewardship development in New Zealand since 2004. Check out our work to find out more.
Solutions for your business
Wherever you are on your sustainability journey, 3R will be your partner. Whether it’s waste audits, resource recovery, climate change action, product stewardship or environmental compliance and certification. We can help.
ChemCollect
We provide a comprehensive chemical collection and disposal service for a wide range of industries.
Have you got unwanted chemicals that need our expertise?
Latest news & updates
Finding the sustainable packaging sweet spot
The third in a series written for NZ Food Technology. By Natalie Martin, 3R Group Materials Innovation Manager Sustainable packaging has become something of a hot topic recently, but as designers will know it’s more than just about ensuring packaging can be recycled, composted or reused. Packaging often serves a vital function as the first, […]
The time for your business to tackle plastic is now
Government is tackling the issue of plastic waste with a two-pronged approach – regulated stewardship, and proposed phase-outs and bans.
