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TheWrapUp
PROMOTING THE SOFT PLASTICS CIRCULAR ECONOMY
RECYCLING.KIWI.NZ
Soft plastic scheme
GROWTH IN NUMBER OF
DROP-OFF LOCATIONS
continues to grow
– 38% INCREASE SINCE
SEPTEMBER
stronger We are happy to announce that
we have added 36 new drop-off
locations to our network since
September this year – our scheme
Without a doubt, for many have continued to give our soft
continues to grow steadily, and we
of us, this year has been the plastic recycling scheme. In 2020
have plans to add more locations
most challenging of our lives we have welcomed 27 new or
For those of us with family returning members to the scheme.
and friends living in parts of Based on the available data, 74%
the world where Covid-19 of the brands which use soft
NORTHLAND: Paihia, Kaikohe and
has taken hold, we can only plastic packaging for their food
Whangarei
provide our support from afar. and grocery products are now
We are fortunate as a small members. AUCKLAND: Orewa, Henderson,
island nation thousands of As well as helping grow awareness Northwest, Northcote, Sunnynook,
kilometres away from the of the scheme throughout the St Lukes, Three Kings, Beachlands,
Covid-19 hotspots, to be able country, membership fees go Mangere Mall, Manukau City Mall
to live in our new normal. directly to funding the operations and Roselands
Summer and the holiday season from collections to processing. TARANAKI: Hāwera, Stratford,
will also be a lot different. As well Your support is also helping Spotswood, New Plymouth Central,
as being unable to head off to processing partners Future The Valley and Vogeltown
other parts of the world, we can’t Post and Second Life Plastics
welcome family and friends to our drive our local circular economy,
country to celebrate the holidays while growing their businesses,
with. One thing we can do however, by turning soft plastic waste AUCKLAND: Royal Oak, Mangere,
is to enjoy our own backyard and in to fence posts, garden beds, Mt Albert, Pukekohe and Glen Innes
what our own beautiful country cable covers and other everyday
has to offer. products.
For businesses, this has been a Ngā mihi nui.
very tough year, and we are very
AUCKLAND: Waiuku, New Lynn,
appreciative of the support which
Stonefields, Browns Bay, Orewa,
all of our member companies
Albany and Victoria Park
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WEBINAR SERIES WHERE CAN YOU
Zoom into soft plastics RECYCLE?
You can check out which stores are
providing the service at bit.ly/SP-
For the third instalment of our released; and most plastic store-locator otherwise Google
popular webinar series, more packaging has three years 'soft plastic stores'.
than 75 members ‘zoomed’ in to develop a priority product
to hear Dana Peterson, senior regulated product stewardship.
Robert Harris Westgate
policy analyst at the Ministry
Dana did, however, acknowledge adds collection bin
for the Environment, provide an
that this is not a one-size fits all
update on the Ministry’s RECET It’s great to see Robert Harris
approach. Soft plastic is a subset
Programme (Resource Efficiency introducing a soft plastic recycling
of plastic packaging, and already
and Circular Economy Transition) bin at their Westgate Cafe in
has an accredited voluntary
and the context for doing this. West Auckland. Robert Harris has
scheme. As such, unless the
changed their packaging so that it
Dana talked about how, as a scheme is revoked by the Minister,
fits with Future Post’s processes.
planet, we are living very close to the scheme could continue
our boundaries in terms of the until 2024 before applying Scheme Manager Lyn Mayes
rate of our biodiversity loss and for accreditation as a Priority enjoyed a celebratory flat white
nitrogen cycle; and, here in New Product. with Suntory’s Marketing Manager
Zealand, we have seen a 39% Antica Soljan to discuss the change
bit.ly/MfEregulatedPS
increase in waste over the past in packaging and the distinct on-
decade. We then heard from Liz Butcher, pack labelling. Lyn and Future Post
senior policy analyst, about founder Jerome Wenzlick have
In July, plastic packaging
the government’s response to a starring role in a promotional
was one of six products to be
the Rethinking Plastics report. video produced by Robert Harris.
declared a ‘priority product’ for
The Ministry has released a
the establishment of regulated bit.ly/SP-RobertHarris
consultation paper on phasing out bit.ly/SP-FuturePost
product stewardship schemes
some hard-to-recycle PVC and bit.ly/SP-SoftPlastic
under the Waste Minimisation
polystyrene packaging and oxo-
Act. Guidelines for priority GROWTH IN PROCESSING
degradable plastic products, and
product schemes applying for CAPACITY & PRODUCT
eliminating some singe use plastic
accreditation have also been RANGE
items.
Future Post has continued to
GROWTH IN NUMBERS OF MEMBERS increase sales which means an
90 SOFT PLASTIC RECYCLING SCHEME increase in demand for our soft
80 plastics. Future posts are now
70
in vineyards, farms, parks and
60
50 private land from Northland to
40 Southland. New products such
30 as square posts, vege boxes for
20
gardens, retaining walls and
10
0 parking stops have been added to
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 the range.
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FEEDBACK FROM
OUR SOFT PLASTIC
CUSTOMERS AND
STAKEHOLDERS
WHAT THEY
SAY ABOUT OUR
SCHEME
Neil Holdom, New Plymouth
Advocacy
District mayor has welcomed the
initiative:
The Ministry’s consultation paper The Ministry has acknowledged
“This is a fantastic, forward-
on “Hard to Recycle Plastics” is open that: “For the foreseeable
thinking partnership and a great
until 4 December and we have been future, LDPE (4) is useful and we
example of Kiwi ingenuity in
discussing our submission with acknowledge the role that LDPE
how to deal with those hard-
members. There is still time for (4), particularly soft plastics, play in
to-recycle soft plastics. We’re
you to have your say! unique scenarios like food safety
on a journey to zero waste and
and hygiene where other materials
Following the release of the we’re 100% behind projects
cannot be used. In saying this,
WasteMINZ Recommendations that boost recycling and cut
LDPE (4) soft plastic packaging can
for standardisation of kerbside down what goes to landfill. It’s
be problematic when considering
collections in Aotearoa, we great to see Taranaki now in the
recyclability and the impact on the
wrote to the Ministry for the Soft Plastic Recycling Scheme
environment through litter. I am
Environment to ask that the and I encourage all residents
aware that there is public demand
report is edited to call out rigid to use the collection bins at
for recycling solutions, and I want
LDPE as of concern, and to Countdown stores.”
to acknowledge the Soft Plastic
exclude soft LDPE from the
Packaging Scheme for helping to Countdown’s General Manager
list. The Ministry has confirmed
address this.” Corporate Affairs, Safety &
that the reference was to rigid
packaging and that the report will Sustainability, Kiri Hannifin, says:
be edited to reflect this.
“We’re working to extend the
scheme to as many of our
WELCOME BACK FOODSTUFFS! stores as possible, because we
recognise the hugely important
We were excited to welcome
role it plays in reducing waste
Foodstuffs back to the scheme
to landfill. This is the very first
recently. Jerome from Future Post
time we will have soft plastic
visited New World Waiuku to see
recycling available to our
the new bin being installed in store.
Taranaki customers and we’re
Supermarkets are some of our
really pleased to be able to offer
most popular drop-off points so we
a recycling option for packaging
are very happy to see the scheme
that would otherwise end up in
expand to include these stores.
people’s rubbish bins!”
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Welcome to our newest
members of The
Member update Packaging Forum's Soft
Plastic Recycling Scheme
PROMOTION OF THE SCHEME BY OUR MEMBERS
Be proud and share our work!
All Good Bananas
Chelsea Sugar / NZ Sugar
FSL Foods
Inghams Enterprises NZ
Only Organics
Radix Nutrition
The Lactation Station
Kellogg’s has worked with compostable packaging by the Trevelyan
Stonefields School in Auckland end of 2025, so our partnership
to provide two of Future Post’s with the soft plastic recycling
garden boxes, which are made scheme is an important step in
from New Zealand soft plastics, making sure our cereal liners
to educate students on recycling are being recycled responsibly. Wellington update
and give their gardening space a Providing Stonefields School with from Earthlink
sustainable refresh. veggie planter boxes made from
Collections in the Wellington
soft plastics, is a great example
Tamara Howe, director of region are continuing to grow with
and way to demonstrate how
corporate affairs and general Earthlink reporting up to 100 bags
soft plastics can be recycled into
manager at Kellogg’s New
something else, and we hope across the 13 collection sites are
Zealand, said the brand was proud
that programmes like this will being collected on a weekly basis.
to be a part of the scheme.
educate and encourage younger Countdown Crofton Downs is a
“We’ve committed to using generations to properly recycle top performer regularly collecting
100% reusable, recyclable or their plastics.” more than 30 bags per week.
Paul Livingston, Crofton Downs:
"Having transferred from managing
a Countdown store in the Hutt
Valley, I was blown away by how
many times a day we had to empty
the soft plastic recycling bin. Up to
five times a day. It seems the good
folk of Crofton Downs are really into
their recycling. I'm very proud to be
part of a community that cares so
much about the environment."
If you have any news or
would like us to profile any
innovative programmes your
organisation is working on,
please let us know!
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News from our processing partners FACEBOOK COMMENTS
Would love to have one back
in Rototuna area please... so
Countdown have added Countdown
Rototuna!
Facebook post 5 October: Can we
have it in Taranaki now too
please! And, we obliged...
Love your
work team!
Mount Base Vineyards in Blenheim
have made Future Posts a feature of
their vineyard.
Fonterra is walking the talk by
demonstrating a prime example of
Future Post is now officially
the circular economy at play with
a preferred supplier to the
Future Posts at the Fonterra factory
Department of Conservation.
in Waimate – milk bottles go out,
The Department will be using
and come back in as fence posts!
Future Posts on conservation land,
recognising their environmentally Future Post raised garden boxes
friendly products, BioGro certified (seen here in Te Awamutu) continue
and with proven zero leaching. to be popular with customers and
communities alike! Are you one of our
8830 Facebook
TOM & LUKE AND FUTURE followers?
POST TEAM UP If not, head on over and like the Love
NZ Soft Plastics Recycling Facebook
Future Post and Tom & Luke have page and keep up to date with
partnered up, with Future Post everything happening in the soft
repurposing the plastic waste plastic space as well as promoting
supplied by Tom & Luke into their your support!
range of innovative products. facebook.com/
softplasticrecycling
Nice work!
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