We are very proud to share the news that Junk2Go Limited was named the winner of the "Community Collaboration Award" at the 2024 Tamaki Makaurau Zero Waste Awards, an event that celebrates individuals and organisations for their efforts to reduce waste. ...
It was a thrill for the Junk2Go team to be selected as November's "Rosebank's Most Wanted Business". This award celebrates "businesses doing great deeds in the Rosebank community" and recognises our recycling and donation programmes. ...
Pictures of streets and landfill sites in developing countries often show overflowing piles of rubbish, creating the impression that more waste is created in poorer countries than in developed nations like New Zealand, where our waste is often out of sight. But the truth is, it’s the other way around. Research from organisations like the IMF shows that wealthier countries like ours often produce at least double the amount of waste per person … ...
Despite the proliferation of recycling schemes in recent decades, human error sees to it that a large portion of these materials actually end up getting burned or buried in landfill: it’s estimated that only three quarters of what goes in the recycling is recyclable, and worldwide only 16% of rubbish ends up getting recycled . But as for many other human-created problems, AI may be coming to the rescue. Various initiatives have shown that mac… ...