We care about the environment at Pink Bins. That’s why we recycle as much as possible. We’re not the only people making an effort, though, as you will discover by reading this post. A suitcase full of plastic In January, we wrote about how soft plastic recycling...
Recycling matters. And, each time we send recyclable items to landfill, we’re chucking away valuable resources. Thankfully, in New Zealand and abroad, many businesses take recycling as seriously as we do, and they are creating some amazing products. Check them out: 1:...
“What an outrageous headline,” we hear you say. “Anything’s got to be better for the environment than single-use plastic shopping bags!” Well, not necessarily. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you’ll know that we are staunch advocates for recycling —...
In case you don’t know, recycling is integral to our business at Pink Bins. I haven’t discussed recycling for a while, so in this post, I thought I’d revisit the subject. Why recycle? Recently, researchers discovered a 2.5 million-square-meter island of plastic...
Christmas: the season for fun with friends and family, lots of food and…um, monumental waste. Just think of the rubbish bags you fill every Boxing Day. With this in mind, we’ve put our heads together to come up with some ideas to help us all be less wasteful this...
If you’re a regular reader, you’ll know we at Pink Bins have plenty to say about the ‘evils’ of plastic. And judging be a couple of recent news stories, it seems we’re not alone in our views. Over in Germany Last week, German supermarket chain Lidl made an...
