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NZ Govt Claimed to be on Wrong Road with Tyre Recycling

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New Zealand seems to be having some difficulty in getting its tyre recycling sorted. Environment Minister, Nick Smith, eschewed tried and tested EPR and Stewardship schemes in favour of a scheme that sees tyres hauled to a cement plant, where they are to be incinerated at a cost of $19 million dollars funded by the taxpayer. The majority of that funding, according to media reports, will go to one Chinese owned company, Waste Management NZ to collect and scrap tyres.

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