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3R Group Limited retweeted
20 Jun 2022
It's with great excitement that we can announce Tyrewise - NZ's first regulated product stewardship scheme for end-of-life tyres - will begin operating in 2023! tyrewise.co.nz/nzs-tyre-recy…

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"Record-setting high temperature extremes” – allows the research institute to “say much more confidently that climate change is no longer a thing of the future. It is happening to us now." #ClimateCrisis bit.ly/3Ge7ecz

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Our latest sustainable development report is now out. The effects of the pandemic means that time round we combined two years into one report - a challenge but certainly worth the effort. #SustainableDevelopmentGoals 3r.co.nz/sustainability/#SDR

The impact of climate change will only get worse if we do nothing. Temperatures rise, droughts, fires, and extreme weather events will become even more frequent. Watch the full video here >> youtube.com/watch?v=o9OzTz91… #OurClimateFuture
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We've done it! New Zealand now has its first accredited regulated product stewardship scheme, @Tyrewise We've been involved since the start, in 2012, and can't be prouder. tyrewise.co.nz/nz-first-solu…

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The Climate Change Commission puts the cost of reducing our #carbon #emissions at 1.2% of GDP. However, if we do nothing it will cost almost double that. bit.ly/353lXpL #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction

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Some significant wins for #climate action advocates recently involving the Australian Government (bit.ly/2RvD6Fw) Shell (cnb.cx/34W1K5d) Chevron (reut.rs/3ipbsFh) and Exxon (reut.rs/3ckzWM7)

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A great initiative from the @MarlDistCouncil to keep #waste out of landfill and keep household items in use for longer. Hopefully this trial leads to a permanent programme in the region and elsewhere in New Zealand. #reuse scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2106/S…
Latest @baybuzzhb article from our #waste minimisation guru Dominic Salmon talking about Hawke's Bay lead in low-carbon #transport. bit.ly/2T31z5y

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Reducing construction and demolition waste, and organic waste is the focus of the 2021 funding round for the Waste Minimisation Fund (WMF), so be sure to get your application in. scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2104/S…

Really good to see the NZ Government join the #GACERE Global Alliance on Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency as we strive towards a #circulareconomy in #Aotearoa mfe.govt.nz/news-events/new-…

Great initiative by @nzpolice repurposing old jerseys into unspun fibre, which is then manufactured into blankets for official Police use. #reuse bit.ly/3uTc3Th
The @WasteMINZ product stewardship sector group has created some helpful resources for explaining the concept to the wider public. #productstewardship wasteminz.org.nz/pubs/the-pr…