E News

RefillNZ Litterati Rubbish Challenge

It’s Plastic Free July and we’re inviting you to join our online community for the RefillNZ Litterati Challenge. Using the free Litterati App, we’re encouraging Kiwis to photograph, tag, and dispose of litter that’s found its way into the environment. Download the app from the App Store or Google Play Store. We’re aiming for 100,000 […]

Safe Refilling tips

Health & hygiene advice for reusable’s and refilling during and after Level 2 As an organisation, RefillNZ will continue to champion positive solutions and practical action. We also encourage you our supporters to back local businesses. So here’s some tips and advice on keeping refilling clean and hygienic for hospo’ owners and ‘refillers’. WasteMINZ has […]

Waste Levy Consultation

New Zealand has a waste problem and we need to sort it – it’s getting into our environment and creating CO2 emissions. The Ministry for Environment is proposing 3 core actions to address the situation.  (MfE Summary document)     If you want to help reduce all this waste please make a submission – you have […]

Dec E news

Our first year and what a year -it’s been amazing & super busy Thanks to the hard work of our passionate group of mainly volunteers we’ve won an award, reached 1,200 sites, collaborated with tourism, health organisations, councils and zillions of businesses, reducing plastic pollution.   And with your help we can make an even bigger […]

Oct E-News - Celebrating progress on reducing plastic pollution

It’s exciting times and we’ve been super busy since our last e-news. From putting in submissions for product stewardship, presenting at the WasteMINZ Conference to receiving funds from the Canterbury Waste Minimisation Fund, we’ve been working hard to spread our refill message across the country. We’re also partnering with the Tourism Industry Association to help […]