2013 Ahuwhenua Trophy BNZ Māori Excellence in Farming Award Launched Māori sheep and beef farmers who compete in the 2013 Ahuwhenua Trophy BNZ Māori Excellence in Farming award this year will be part of the competitions 80th anniversary commemorations. Entry for the competition is now open following its launch by the Minister of Māori Affairs, Hon Dr Pita Sharples at the Federation of Māori Authorities conference in Taupo on Saturday November 3th 2012. The Minister also launched the Ahuwhenua Young Maori Trainee/Cadet competition, the first for young Maori sheep and beef farmers. This award was introduced last year for young Maori dairy farmers. The Ahuwhenua Trophy competition mirrors the increasing significance and success of Māori enterprise in the New Zealand ...
Agrecovery is holding a FREE collection event for recycling triple rinsed plastic containers in Darfield. PGG Wrightson, 1 Ross Street, Darfield Thursday 6 December, 10am – 3pm Your containers must be: Plastic, up to and including 60 litres in size Empty and triple-rinsed Free from chemical residue inside & out Clean from dirt & other organic contamination Product label left on Lids and wire or plastic pail handles removed From participating brand owners (click here for a list of brand owners) Eligible containers from participating brand owners are free to recycle. Containers from non-brand owners can be accepted with an Agrecovery user-pays sticker, available on the day at a cost of $2.00 + GST per 10 litre container. All containers ...
PGG Wrightson in Invercargill is supporting the push for sustainability and environmental best practice with the opening of an Agrecovery Container collection site at their Dee Street store. There are more than 70 Agrecovery collection sites nationwide including existing Southland sites in Gore, Winton and Lumsden but this is the first Invercargill site, allowing farmers, growers and contractors in the area easy access to this free recycling programme. The Agrecovery Container programme offers a sustainable recycling solution for empty triple rinsed plastic containers up to and including 60 litres. The collected agrichemical, animal health and dairy hygiene containers are then shredded by a mobile processing truck and processed into underground electrical cable covers here in New Zealand. PGG Wrightson has ...
The Agrecovery Rural Recycling programme has experienced unprecedented growth over the last two years, with collection of waste plastics reaching record levels. Container plastic collected and sent for recycling by Agrecovery in the 12 months to June 2012 was 157,390kg. “This represents growth of 30% over the previous twelve months,” says Graeme Peters, chair of the Agrecovery Foundation. “Combined with growth of 49% from the twelve months prior to that, we’ve nearly doubled the volume of plastic collected in two years. It’s a great result.” The container recycling programme, which began in 2007, accepts plastic agrichemical, biological, animal health and dairy hygiene containers from 1 to 60 litres in size at more than 70 collection sites across the country. The ...
To celebrate the opening of three new collection sites in Northland, Agrecovery Rural Recycling is offering recyclers the chance to win a $300 reward. The promotion aims to encourage farmers, growers, contractors and golf courses to make the most of this recycling programme for 1 – 60 litre plastic containers. Through the programme empty triple rinsed containers from 56 brand owners of agrichemical, biological, animal health and dairy hygiene products can be recycled for free. “Anyone who recycles eligible containers through our three new collection sites at Farmlands Kaitaia, Kamo or Dargaville during July and August 2012 will go in the draw to win a $300 voucher to spend with their preferred rural supplier,” says Duncan Scotland of Agrecovery. According ...
Ten farmers and growers are $500 better off after recycling with the Agrecovery Rural Recycling Container programme during a recent promotion. The promotion encouraged recycling of plastic agrichemical, animal health and dairy hygiene containers at 70 collection sites across New Zealand. Those recycling during March and April went in the draw to win one of ten $500 vouchers to spend at the rural supplier of their choice. Ranging from Waipapa in the north to Ashburton in south, the winners show a good cross section of the primary sector are using the programme, including kiwifruit, citrus, potato and bulb growers, a vineyard, livestock farmers, a spray contractor and even a biodiesel and oilseed plant. According to Duncan Scotland, Sales and Marketing ...
Congratulations to the winners of the Agrecovery Container recycling promotion for March and April 2012! Biodiesel NZ Ltd – Ashburton collection site Malcolm Taylor, M E Taylor Limited – Blenheim collection site Jason Yuill – Edgecumbe collection site Peter Strawbridge, Tutamoe Station – Gisborne collection site Waikahu Vineyard – Hastings collection site (Skeltons) Toby Annabell, Spray It Ltd – Hawera collection site Naivic Farm Ltd – Methven collection site Bakker Bulbs – Rakaia collection site Kerifresh – Waipapa collection site Sam & Hannah Morrah, Ohineumeri Station – Waipukurau collection site Each winner recycled eligible containers at the listed Agrecovery Container collection site in March and/or April 2012. They each won a $500 voucher to spend with their preferred retail supplier. ...
Agrecovery has just been awarded a Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Award 2012. The awards recognise initiatives that maintain and enhance the region’s high-quality environment. Nicolette West, Waste Minimisation Officer, said “This award recognises that the Agrecovery programmes provide an easy and safe system for farmers to dispose of chemicals and plastics that could otherwise cause environmental problems by being disposed of on farms or sent to landfill. “The scheme significantly reduces the amount of waste in the region and conserves resources.” Leon McPhillips, North Island Sales & Relationship Coordinator for Agrecovery, is pictured with David MacLeod, Chairman of TRC, at the award ceremony at the council on Tuesday 15th May.
The Outlook 2012 conference was presented by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) on 6 and 7 March 2012 in Canberra, Australia. Outlook is the premier commodities forecasting event on the Australian calendar, delivering market-leading information and sector analysis on the agricultural, fisheries, forestry and natural resource sectors. Presentations from ‘Agricultural stewardship – international perspectives’ Graeme Norton is Executive Director of 3R Group Ltd, programme managers for Agrecovery. His presentation on ‘Product stewardship enhancing market access for NZ farmers’ is available on YouTube here. Russel Hurst, CLEANFarms and CropLife Canada, presented on ‘Agricultural stewardship and regulation in Canadaac’. His two part presentation is available on YouTube: part 1 and part 2. Karen Gomez of AgStewardship ...
Competition Notice Win one of ten $500 vouchers to spend with your preferred rural supplier! Simply recycle your eligible plastic containers with Agrecovery at 70 collection sites nationwide during March and April 2012. Agrecovery Container recycling provides a safe and fully compliant programme for the recycling of plastic agrichemical, biological, animal health and dairy hygiene containers. Containers from over 55 participating brand owners are FREE to recycle through Agrecovery. Containers must be empty, triple rinsed and from 1 – 60 litres in size. To be eligible containers must still have their label on. Every collection receipt issued by an Agrecovery Collection site during March and April 2012 constitutes an entry into the draw. You automatically become a member of Agrecovery ...
