Connections Education Development Trust programme manager Kay Murray has thought of a way to reduce the number of milk bottle tops going to landfill. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSHA Dunedin trust supporting disabled people is trying raise $19,000 to build a machine to reduce plastic waste and create employment. Milk bottle tops could not be put in recycling bins because of processing difficulties at the recycling centre and were destined for the landfill. She estimated a 1kg bag of shredded bottle tops would be worth about $9. There had been good feedback from the community about the project and people willing to give bottle tops to be shredded, she said.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 14, 2021 16:39 UTC