Over the past 5 weeks, our teams across the motu took part in a Plastic Marathon, a competition to see which site could collect the most plastics for Future Post – a fantastic organisation that turns recycled plastic into posts that will be used on vineyards and farms throughout New Zealand.
We’re delighted announce that the whole of Indevin Group recycled a whopping 13.4 tonnes of plastic! This is the equivalent of diverting 286,000 milk bottles and 1,920,000 plastic bags from landfill!
Special mention goes to our Hawke's Bay Vineyard Teams who loaded up two trucks full of old drip line, spray drums and more, to recycle an enormous 11.8 tonnes of plastic.
The overall winners were our Fairhall Winery Team in Marlborough. Our sites were not only tasked with collecting as much plastic for recycling as they could, but also to bring their ideas together to identify ways to permanently remove forms of plastic from their waste streams. The Fairhall Team identified an opportunity to swap out latex gloves they use in the cellar, for a more eco-friendly, biodegradable option. This initiative is currently being trialled on site and if successful, we will look to roll it out to the other sites.
The initiative was run by our Sustainability Manager, Angus Mcfarlane, as part of our inaugural Indevin Earth Week. The week was a chance for our people to get involved in the mahi we are doing in the Sustainability space and included webinars with Diana Hawkins and Emily Dekker from Toitū Envirocare, Tanya Pouwhare from NZ Ethical Employers (NZEE) and members of the Indevin team.
We’re really proud of our whole team for getting involved, showcasing that each time we choose to recycle instead of disposing items, we can truly achieve tremendous results - see below!
