Trans-Tasman recycling giant Visy says it has reached an average of 70 per cent recycled glass content in its locally made bottles and jars.
The company recycles glass from 50 local authorities nationwide and remanufactures it into new bottles and jars at its Auckland factory.
“New Zealand makes some of the best wine in the world; it deserves the best bottles,” said CEO Mark De Wit.
“New Zealand wineries, and food and beverage businesses can now claim some of the most sustainable glass packaging in the world, thanks to New Zealand’s green electricity grid and our high recycled content.”
Visy manufactures more than 700 million glass bottles and jars in New Zealand each year for the country’s wineries and local food and beverage companies.
Visy teamed with Australian firms last month on a trial project called Re-In-Can-Ation, which aims to build a sustainable can made of 83 per cent recycled content.
