Bottles
Glass industry opposes a beverage container return scheme
Organisations supporting a beverage container return scheme say opposition from the glass industry could derail the project at the eleventh hour. A container return scheme incentivises people to… Audio
Question of the Day for 26 September 2019
What are your memories of the old bottle refund scheme? Audio
Plastic bottle refund scheme touted to improve recycling
Zero waste network chairman, Marty Hoffart joins the discussion on the government exploring a plastic bottle refund scheme to encourage more recycling. Audio
No evidence found to support Fonterra's light-proof bottles
Consumer New Zealand is calling on dairy-giant Fonterra to apologise to consumers for potentially misleading them over the nutritional benefits of Anchor's light-proof milk bottles. Video, Audio
The sea of unrecyclable bottles clogging a Southland quarry
A sea of tens of thousands of bottles, spread like sand dunes across a quarry in Invercargill. The bottles are being stockpiled there because they cannot be recycled as they are too colour mixed and… Audio
Bottled treasures in the old Foxton Fizz factory
The old Foxton Fizz factory in Manawatu holds treasure from not only the companies own heritage, but also the history of the local fizzy drinks from around the country, that all but died out in the… Audio
David Smith - miniature bottle collector
David Smith is the proud owner of a huge collection of miniature bottles. Audio