It’s time for a break and we’re certainly ready for it. In our final newsletter of the year we cover: Million Meters Stream project at Mangarara Station (pictured) A new truck for 3R’s own “Chemical Brothers” The State of the Sustainable Nation SBN Awards Read the full newsletter
Continue ReadingThe concept of “sustainable business” would be familiar to many managers these days, but what’s it like to work at the forefront of the industry, at the green coal-face so to speak? What are the challenges and where is New Zealand heading? NZ Manufacturer spoke to Adele our Chief Executive about their work helping businesses and consumers operate more sustainably. NZM: 3R works in a pretty unique space. Tell us more about what you do. AR: Fundamentally we help businesses and industry create value and opportunity from addressing their waste issues. So often, products are put in the ‘too hard basket’ and simply dumped even though they can actually be recycled; everyday items like mattresses, tyres, paint, chemical containers, contaminated ...
Continue Reading3R were delighted to be an Event Partner of the 2016 Sustainable Business Awards, held last Thursday at Shed 10 in Auckland. The Awards lived up to their glamorous reputation with the “Who’s Who” of New Zealand sustainable businesses attending the black tie event. 3R partnered with SBN, Green Shoot Pacific and The Great Catering Company to deliver a zero waste event in line with industry best practice. What a success! Through correct waste separation and monitoring, a 99% diversion rate was achieved. A great achievement for the first year as a zero waste event! Our congratulations also to the worthy winners and commended businesses. And, of course, to the team at SBN for another fantastic night of networking ...
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In this 3R update we launch our latest Sustainable Development Report, share some news on our carbon impact (or lack of) and discuss stewardship and recycling on RNZ National’s Nine to Noon. So you could say we’re currently doing the walk AND the talk on sustainability. We’re also giving a shout-out to a couple of very worthy upcoming events that you can get involved in. There’s a great business community in New Zealand showing some much-needed leadership on a range of important sustainability issues. We’re proud to be a part of it. In this e-news: Our second Sustainable Development Report 3R goes CarboNZero 3R on the airwaves Mattress recycling at WasteMINZ Sustainable Business Awards Read more
Continue ReadingCatch up on our latest discussion with Kathryn Ryan on RNZ’s Nine to Noon. Adele, our Chief Executive, speaks with Kathryn about innovative recycling, producer responsibility, valuing our natural capital and the tricky job of bringing together competitive stakeholders… LISTEN: Kathryn Ryan speaks with Adele
Continue ReadingPress Release 03/08/16 Responding to renewed calls for refunds for empty bottles, product stewardship specialist 3R Group Ltd say the focus should be on products that have no current recycling options, not products that already achieve relatively high recycling rates. “New Zealand should be focused on other products which unnecessarily end up in landfill despite international examples of recycling success, such as tyres,” says 3R Group’s Chief Executive Adele Rose. 3R Group, who specialise in diverting waste from landfill and turning that waste into a resource, were the project leader on the recent Tyrewise initiative. Tyrewise had widespread industry support to create a programme that would divert a significant portion of the 4 million passenger and 1 million truck and ...
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