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INNOVATIVE USE OF SURPLUS WASTE CONTAINER GLASS |
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SPONSORED BY
GLASS PACKAGING FORUM (INC)
This award is directed at both local authorities and the private sector and can be for a process currently operating or planned for future introduction. |
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| WINNER |
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WINNER: Palmerston North City Council
FOR: Palmerston North City Council 5% Crushed Glass Aggregate Project
DESCRIPTION: This project is being done in partnership
with Higgins Aggregates and Fullcircle and will prove the concept in the NZ context
and pave the way for other organisations to use excess recycled glass. |
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JUDGES COMMENTS: The judges thought it "refreshing" that a local body had embraced a highly topical / political issue with absolute resolve to find a better solution to the reuse of recovered material from glass containers. The approach has been integrated with contractors Higgins and Fullcircle, well project managed and well researched. The entrant has looked at "real" costs of collection, disposal and recovery. The glass
reuse volume potential is large and relevant to the area.
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WINNER: Terra Nova
FOR: Terra Nova Crushed Glass
DESCRIPTION: TerraNova has worked on developing alternative solutions for recycling glass. |
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JUDGES COMMENTS: This entrant has been an ardent innovator for many years in waste recovery. In the case of their glass entry they have turned a low value product into something of high value and one which could be sold outside their immediate location. They have used available technologies to produce an outstanding product, including BLAST GLASS for the sandblasting industry and FILTERCRYSTAL as a filter media in swimming and spa pools. |
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WINNER: The Waste Resource Trust (Waiheke Island)
FOR: Waste Glass Utilisation Strategy
DESCRIPTION: The Waiheke Island Waste Resource Trust is a
charitable trust formed in 1998 to develop and
promote programmes for waste minimisation on the
island. |
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Click here to download the full synopsis. JUDGES COMMENTS: To collect, sort and ship waste from a small island, even though close to the mainland is not commercially viable. Here is a group of locals that have put their heads together and come up with a solution to deal with their glass waste. Their solution enables them to treat and use glass locally - well done! The mainland, watches with interest as there are other locations with similar problems to Waiheke.
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