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Glass recycling, nationwide Te mahi kōata tukurua, huri noa i te motu

The Glass Packaging Forum is focused on the recovery of glass containers and jars from across Aotearoa New Zealand and returning them to the furnace to complete a ‘full circle’.

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Ko te aronga matua o te Glass Packaging Forum, he kohikohi i ngā ipu kōata me ngā pātara mai i ngā rohe katoa o Aotearoa, ā, ka whakahokia ki tētahi umu hei whakatutuki i te ‘huringa tukurua’.

Using recycled glass to produce new bottles and jars means furnaces can run at lower temperatures, reducing carbon emissions.

It also means using less virgin materials such as sand and soda ash. Every tonne of recycled glass saves approx 670kg of C02 emissions compared to making the glass from scratch).

On average, a glass bottle or jar made in Aotearoa New Zealand contains 69% recycled glass.

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Mēnā ka whakamahia ngā pātara me ngā ipu tukurua hei waihanga i ngā mea hou, ka heke te wera o te umu, ā, ka heke anō ngā putanga waro.

Ka heke hoki te nui o ngā rawa taketake e whakapaua ana, pērā i te kirikiri me te konutai pākawa waro. Ki te whakatauritehia te nui o te tuku-waro ki ērā o te waihangatanga o te kōata i ngā rawa taketake, ka heke te nui o te tuku-waro i te 670 kg i ia tana kotahi o te kōata tukurua.

Kei te takiwā o te 69% te nui toharite o te kōata tukurua kei ngā pātara, kei ngā ipu rānei e hangaia ana...

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