New Rural Recycling Scheme to Replace Voluntary Farm Plastics Programmes by 2027
Environment Minister Nicola Grigg has announced details of a new rural plastics recycling scheme.
After five years giving a new lease of life to vineyard posts, Marlborough-based company Repost is getting its own upcycle, in a joint venture with timber manufacturer OneForty One, which mills micronised copper azoleated (MCA) posts at its Kaituna Mill.
The local collaboration means Repost can offer a trellis post lifecycle service – for every MCA trellis post they sell they will repurpose a copper chromium arsenate treated post from the purchaser, diverting broken posts from landfill to give them a second life as farm fence posts.
It’s essentially a trade-in policy, says Repost cofounder Greg Coppell.
“It’s not often that the most sustainable solution is also the most economic one.”
One of Australia's most decorated winemakers will speak at the Aotearoa New Zealand Chardonnay Symposium in Hawke's Bay this September.
The third Aotearoa New Zealand Chardonnay Symposium will be underway in Hastings, Hawke's Bay, on 17-18 September.
Vintage 2026 yielded excellent fruit for most New Zealand wine regions.