Recycling Week
About Recycling Week
Recycling Week is an annual initiative to raise awareness and educate New Zealand on best practices for waste minimisation and recycling. Encouraging conscious procurement and disposal of items, creating a waste-free future for New Zealand.
Launched in 2013, an ever-increasing number of organisations (schools, corporates and everything in between) are having fun and learning by taking part in the week.
Back to Basics
In 2024 we are going back to basics when it comes to waste minimisation.
This year's theme focuses on the first step of any waste minimisation journey.
Whether this is your first or eleventh Recycling Week, to successfully kickstart your waste minimisation journey you need to:
"Understand your waste"
Only through full understanding of the problem can a sustainable solution be achieved.
How to Get Involved
This year we are introducing different ways to get involved in Recycling Week. By selecting a programme you will receive tailored resources and instructions on how to bring Recycling Week to life in a way that works for your organisation.
Features
Participants' Hub
As a participant you get instant access to all Recycling Week resources based on the plan you are signed up to. Our new hub is your one-stop-shop for all our icons, logos, assets, resources, webinar and quiz links, and much more.
If you are a registered participant you can already access the hub. Simply follow the instructions emailed to you.
If you have any questions, contact us on [email protected]
Our Participating Businesses
Recycling Week is a nationwide campaign that involves organisations all around the country. While recycling services may vary across the country, there are many ways you can minimise your waste, regardless of where you are located!
Check out what businesses are joining us in our campaign and support their work in improving waste and recycling in New Zealand.
Our participants map can be found in the Participants Hub.
Our Partners
Hundreds of businesses, schools, local governments and community organisations participate in Recycling Week each year.
A number of those also help bring Recycling Week to life, helping drive education, reaching more New Zealanders, creating resources, providing financial support and reducing the overall proportion of waste ending up in landfill.
Partnerships allow us to provide resources to participants and assist in running activations to engage staff, students and everyone else.
We are pleased to have some amazing organisations join us in this year's mission to bring Recycling Week to all of New Zealand.
