An artist's sketch of what the resource recovery centre in Feilding would look like. New Zealand's recycled plastic is shipped overseas to Malaysia, Thailand or the Philippines, but a proposed centre would reprocess much of it in Manawatū, preventing pricey shipping fees and importing plastic back into the country. The Feilding centre would use technology to clean, sort and melt recyclable material that would be sold to recycling factories around the country. Manawatū District Council special projects manager Chris Pepper is in charge of putting a business case together for New Zealand's first plastic reprocessing centre. Manawatū mayor Helen Worboys said the centre converted plastic, which is typically shipped offshore, into something that could be reused in higher-value products.

Source: Stuff April 03, 2019 22:52 UTC