Recycling a threat to wineries



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 The inefficient recycling of New Zealand's glass could see jobs sent overseas, especially in the wine industry.
A Business Council for Sustainable Development report released this week highlighted that up to 70 per cent of the glass put in kerbside bins was not being remade into bottles and jars.
Around 66 per cent of glass was recycled in New Zealand but only half of it was turned back into bottles. The other half was turned into low-value products, such as aggregate. The glass which was not recycled ended up in landfill or was sent overseas for reprocessing.



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