Raglan Coconut Yoghurt has teamed up with TerraCycle to make its yoghurt pouches nationally recyclable in New Zealand. This coincides with the brands launch of its new ‘Little Yoghi’ range.

Recycling company TerraCycle Australia is calling on businesses to expand their recycling options beyond the yellow-lidded bin. The US-based company has designed a Zero Waste Box solution that it says is easy-to-assemble and accepts various waste streams.

To coincide with the launch of its new ‘Little Yoghi’ range of coconut yoghurt pouches, Raglan Coconut Yoghurt has joined up with recycling pioneers TerraCycle to make the pouches nationally recyclable in New Zealand. Through the Little Yoghi Recycling Programme, New Zealanders simply collect pouches at home, work, school, or at their playgroup, and freepost them to TerraCycle in any used box. The pouch materials are then pelletised and can be used to make plastic goods such as park benches, watering cans and waste bins. Raglan Coconut Yoghurt has always endeavoured to use recyclable materials in the packaging for its full-size ‘Yoghi’ products. But when the Raglan-based coconut yoghurt brand launched the lunchbox-friendly Little Yoghis, the team realised they needed to find a sustainable solution for used pouches. “We’re very conscious of health and the environment, and this is reflected through our healthy, fresh products, our community sponsorships, and, of course, our focus on recycling,” says Tesh Randall, co-founder, Raglan Coconut Yoghurt. “As soon as we decided to launch the Little Yoghis, we knew we had to offer our customers an environmentally-friendly disposal option!” Although increasingly popular with food manufacturers and consumers alike, most pouch packaging is not yet recyclable through standard New Zealand council services. Jean Bailliard, General Manager for TerraCycle Australia and New Zealand, says the new nationwide recycling programme benefits not only the environment, but the community as well. “TerraCycle recycles the ‘unrecyclable’ – we look at waste solutions for items that are deemed difficult to recycle, such as yoghurt pouches,” he says. “Our recycling programmes are free to participate in and very user-friendly, and they also allow collectors to raise money for their local school or favourite charity.” Collectors will be awarded with two cents for every pouch they collect, and once they’ve collected $10 across any of TerraCycle’s programmes, they can donate the funds to their favourite charity or school. Visit www.terracycle.co.nz/little-yoghi to sign up and obtain further information on the programme. TerraCycle has already kept more than four billion pieces of food and beverage packaging and other waste from going to the landfill, and with its partners, donated over $15 million to charity and schools through its various programmes. TerraCycle is currently creating solutions for other difficult to recycle, but widely discarded, waste streams such as cigarettes and used chewing gum. About Raglan Coconut Yoghurt Raglan Coconut Yoghurt is a Raglan, New Zealand-based brand that has become a familiar favourite in the coconut yoghurt market. Its yoghurts are full of probiotics, free from dairy, gluten, refined sugar, preservatives, nuts, gums and GMOs, and are paleo and beegan. Plus, they’re 100% locally produced in Raglan using honey from local beehives around Mt Karioi. Both Raglan Coconut Yoghurt’s full-size Yoghi products and Little Yoghi pouches come in varieties such as Natural Greek-Style, Mango & Turmeric and Blackcurrant & Heilala Vanilla, as well as a new Banana flavoured Little Yoghi. About TerraCycle TerraCycle, Inc. is an international recycling organisation that engages the community to collect ‘unrecyclable’ and difficult-to-recycle packaging and products, and turns them into innovative eco products. Founded in 2001, TerraCycle is the world’s leader in the collection and reuse of non-recyclable post-consumer waste. TerraCycle works with over 110 of the world’s largest consumer goods brands to collect 75 different waste streams, including coffee capsules, toothbrushes, chewing gum and even cigarette waste. TerraCycle operates in 20 countries and has over 60 million people participating globally in its programmes to collect waste. Internationally TerraCycle has diverted almost 5 billion units of waste from landfill and paid over $15 million to charities and schools.

To coincide with the launch of its new ‘Little Yoghi’ range of coconut yoghurt pouches, Raglan Coconut Yoghurt has joined up with recycling pioneers TerraCycle to make the pouches nationally recyclable in New Zealand. Through the Little Yoghi Recycling Programme, New Zealanders simply collect pouches at home, work, school, or at their playgroup, and freepost them to TerraCycle in any used box. The pouch materials are then pelletised and can be used to make plastic goods such as park benches, watering cans and waste bins. Raglan Coconut Yoghurt has always endeavoured to use recyclable materials in the packaging for its full-size ‘Yoghi’ products. But when the Raglan-based coconut yoghurt brand launched the lunchbox-friendly Little Yoghis, the team realised they needed to find a sustainable solution for used pouches. "We’re very conscious of health and the environment, and this is reflected through our healthy, fresh products, our community sponsorships, and, of course, our focus on recycling," says Tesh Randall, co-founder, Raglan Coconut Yoghurt. "As soon as we decided to launch the Little Yoghis, we knew we had to offer our customers an environmentally-friendly disposal option!" Although increasingly popular with food manufacturers and consumers alike, most pouch packaging is not yet recyclable through standard New Zealand council services. Jean Bailliard, General Manager for TerraCycle Australia and New Zealand, says the new nationwide recycling programme benefits not only the environment, but the community as well. "TerraCycle recycles the ‘unrecyclable’ - we look at waste solutions for items that are deemed difficult to recycle, such as yoghurt pouches," he says. "Our recycling programmes are free to participate in and very user-friendly, and they also allow collectors to raise money for their local school or favourite charity." Collectors will be awarded with two cents for every pouch they collect, and once they’ve collected $10 across any of TerraCycle’s programmes, they can donate the funds to their favourite charity or school. Visit www.terracycle.co.nz/little-yoghi to sign up and obtain further information on the programme. TerraCycle has already kept more than four billion pieces of food and beverage packaging and other waste from going to the landfill, and with its partners, donated over $15 million to charity and schools through its various programmes. TerraCycle is currently creating solutions for other difficult to recycle, but widely discarded, waste streams such as cigarettes and used chewing gum.

To coincide with the launch of its new ‘Little Yoghi’ range of coconut yoghurt pouches, Raglan Coconut Yoghurt has joined up with recycling pioneers TerraCycle to make the pouches nationally recyclable in New Zealand. Through the Little Yoghi Recycling Programme, New Zealanders simply collect pouches at home, work, school, or at their playgroup, and freepost them to TerraCycle in any used box. The pouch materials are then pelletised and can be used to make plastic goods such as park benches, watering cans and waste bins. Raglan Coconut Yoghurt has always endeavoured to use recyclable materials in the packaging for its full-size ‘Yoghi’ products. But when the Raglan-based coconut yoghurt brand launched the lunchbox-friendly Little Yoghis, the team realised they needed to find a sustainable solution for used pouches. “We’re very conscious of health and the environment, and this is reflected through our healthy, fresh products, our community sponsorships, and, of course, our focus on recycling,” says Tesh Randall, co-founder, Raglan Coconut Yoghurt. “As soon as we decided to launch the Little Yoghis, we knew we had to offer our customers an environmentally-friendly disposal option!” Although increasingly popular with food manufacturers and consumers alike, most pouch packaging is not yet recyclable through standard New Zealand council services. Jean Bailliard, General Manager for TerraCycle Australia and New Zealand, says the new nationwide recycling programme benefits not only the environment, but the community as well. “TerraCycle recycles the ‘unrecyclable’ – we look at waste solutions for items that are deemed difficult to recycle, such as yoghurt pouches,” he says. “Our recycling programmes are free to participate in and very user-friendly, and they also allow collectors to raise money for their local school or favourite charity.”

To coincide with the launch of its new ‘Little Yoghi’ range of coconut yoghurt pouches, Raglan Coconut Yoghurt has joined up with recycling pioneers TerraCycle to make the pouches nationally recyclable in New Zealand. Through the Little Yoghi Recycling Programme, New Zealanders simply collect pouches at home, work, school, or at their playgroup, and freepost them to TerraCycle in any used box. The pouch materials are then pelletised and can be used to make plastic goods such as park benches, watering cans and waste bins. Raglan Coconut Yoghurt has always endeavoured to use recyclable materials in the packaging for its full-size ‘Yoghi’ products. But when the Raglan-based coconut yoghurt brand launched the lunchbox-friendly Little Yoghis, the team realised they needed to find a sustainable solution for used pouches.

“We’re very conscious of health and the environment, and this is reflected through our healthy, fresh products, our community sponsorships, and, of course, our focus on recycling,” says Tesh Randall, co-founder, Raglan Coconut Yoghurt. “As soon as we decided to launch the Little Yoghis, we knew we had to offer our customers an environmentally-friendly disposal option!”

Although increasingly popular with food manufacturers and consumers alike, most pouch packaging is not yet recyclable through standard New Zealand council services. Jean Bailliard, General Manager for TerraCycle Australia and New Zealand, says the new nationwide recycling programme benefits not only the environment, but the community as well. “TerraCycle recycles the ‘unrecyclable’ – we look at waste solutions for items that are deemed difficult to recycle, such as yoghurt pouches,” he says. “Our recycling programmes are free to participate in and very user-friendly, and they also allow collectors to raise money for their local school or favourite charity.” Collectors will be awarded with two cents for every pouch they collect, and once they’ve collected $10 across any of TerraCycle’s programmes, they can donate the funds to their favourite charity or school. Visit www.terracycle.co.nz/little-yoghi to sign up and obtain further information on the programme. TerraCycle has already kept more than four billion pieces of food and beverage packaging and other waste from going to the landfill, and with its partners, donated over $15 million to charity and schools through its various programmes. TerraCycle is currently creating solutions for other difficult to recycle, but widely discarded, waste streams such as cigarettes and used chewing gum. About Raglan Coconut Yoghurt Raglan Coconut Yoghurt is a Raglan, New Zealand-based brand that has become a familiar favourite in the coconut yoghurt market. Its yoghurts are full of probiotics, free from dairy, gluten, refined sugar, preservatives, nuts, gums and GMOs, and are paleo and beegan. Plus, they’re 100% locally produced in Raglan using honey from local beehives around Mt Karioi. Both Raglan Coconut Yoghurt’s full-size Yoghi products and Little Yoghi pouches come in varieties such as Natural Greek-Style, Mango & Turmeric and Blackcurrant & Heilala Vanilla, as well as a new Banana flavoured Little Yoghi. About TerraCycle TerraCycle, Inc. is an international recycling organisation that engages the community to collect ‘unrecyclable’ and difficult-to-recycle packaging and products, and turns them into innovative eco products. Founded in 2001, TerraCycle is the world’s leader in the collection and reuse of non-recyclable post-consumer waste. TerraCycle works with over 110 of the world’s largest consumer goods brands to collect 75 different waste streams, including coffee capsules, toothbrushes, chewing gum and even cigarette waste. TerraCycle operates in 20 countries and has over 60 million people participating globally in its programmes to collect waste. Internationally TerraCycle has diverted almost 5 billion units of waste from landfill and paid over $15 million to charities and schools.

To coincide with the launch of its new Little Yoghi range of coconut yoghurt pouches, Raglan Coconut Yoghurt has joined up with recycling pioneers TerraCycle to make the pouches nationally recyclable in New Zealand.Raglan Coconut Yoghurt teams up with TerraCycle to recycle its Little Yoghis To coincide with the launch of its new ‘Little Yoghi’ range of coconut yoghurt pouches, Raglan Coconut Yoghurt has joined up with recycling pioneers TerraCycle to make the pouches nationally recyclable in New Zealand. Through the Little Yoghi Recycling Programme, New Zealanders simply collect pouches at home, work, school, or at their playgroup, and freepost them to TerraCycle in any used box. The pouch materials are then pelletised and can be used to make plastic goods such as park benches, watering cans and waste bins. Raglan Coconut Yoghurt has always endeavoured to use recyclable materials in the packaging for its full-size ‘Yoghi’ products. But when the Raglan-based coconut yoghurt brand launched the lunchbox-friendly Little Yoghis, the team realised they needed to find a sustainable solution for used pouches. “We’re very conscious of health and the environment, and this is reflected through our healthy, fresh products, our community sponsorships, and, of course, our focus on recycling,” says Tesh Randall, co-founder, Raglan Coconut Yoghurt. “As soon as we decided to launch the Little Yoghis, we knew we had to offer our customers an environmentally-friendly disposal option!” Although increasingly popular with food manufacturers and consumers alike, most pouch packaging is not yet recyclable through standard New Zealand council services. Jean Bailliard, General Manager for TerraCycle Australia and New Zealand, says the new nationwide recycling programme benefits not only the environment, but the community as well. “TerraCycle recycles the ‘unrecyclable’ – we look at waste solutions for items that are deemed difficult to recycle, such as yoghurt pouches,” he says. “Our recycling programmes are free to participate in and very user-friendly, and they also allow collectors to raise money for their local school or favourite charity.” Collectors will be awarded with two cents for every pouch they collect, and once they’ve collected $10 across any of TerraCycle’s programmes, they can donate the funds to their favourite charity or school. Visit www.terracycle.co.nz/little-yoghi to sign up and obtain further information on the programme. TerraCycle has already kept more than four billion pieces of food and beverage packaging and other waste from going to the landfill, and with its partners, donated over $15 million to charity and schools through its various programmes. TerraCycle is currently creating solutions for other difficult to recycle, but widely discarded, waste streams such as cigarettes and used chewing gum. About Raglan Coconut Yoghurt Raglan Coconut Yoghurt is a Raglan, New Zealand-based brand that has become a familiar favourite in the coconut yoghurt market. Its yoghurts are full of probiotics, free from dairy, gluten, refined sugar, preservatives, nuts, gums and GMOs, and are paleo and beegan. Plus, they’re 100% locally produced in Raglan using honey from local beehives around Mt Karioi. Both Raglan Coconut Yoghurt’s full-size Yoghi products and Little Yoghi pouches come in varieties such as Natural Greek-Style, Mango & Turmeric and Blackcurrant & Heilala Vanilla, as well as a new Banana flavoured Little Yoghi. About TerraCycle TerraCycle, Inc. is an international recycling organisation that engages the community to collect ‘unrecyclable’ and difficult-to-recycle packaging and products, and turns them into innovative eco products. Founded in 2001, TerraCycle is the world’s leader in the collection and reuse of non-recyclable post-consumer waste. TerraCycle works with over 110 of the world’s largest consumer goods brands to collect 75 different waste streams, including coffee capsules, toothbrushes, chewing gum and even cigarette waste. TerraCycle operates in 20 countries and has over 60 million people participating globally in its programmes to collect waste. Internationally TerraCycle has diverted almost 5 billion units of waste from landfill and paid over $15 million to charities and schools.

The national winners of a recycling competition have now advanced to the next stage in saving the planet - upcycling. Mountain View School in Mangere Bridge took the first place in Fonterra's Milk for Schools recycling excellence competition this year. Their prize for being the best in the country was a DIY workshop held by TerraCycle. The winner last year was Miramar Central Primary in Wellington. To enter the competition, the students created a video showcasing how they minimise waste and increase recycling at their school. Their submission was judged as the most impressive. In an interactive session, the kids had a crash course in recycling, and how to reuse waste in functional ways. They learnt how to make bags, tic-tac-toe sets and coin pouches out of Fonterra yoghurt pouches. Deputy principal Joy Fraser says the school has always stressed the importance of recycling and minimising waste. "They're our future leaders. They are the ones we have to rely on," she says. The workshop has helped them grasp a whole new side to reusing waste. "It has given them an insight into how you can recycle and what other things you can make with it [waste]. They've been shown a dress made from a tent," she says. "They've learnt that it's worth recycling, not just to planet clean, but to make things for their own use." Evarose Inamata, one of the students participating in the workshop, says this is the first time she's made a bag from waste. She plans to put her money in the pouch she made. Ten-year-old Tevita Manu learnt that "you don't always have to put rubbish in the bin, but you could actually use it". And he plans on passing this knowledge to his family and friends. "I'm going to tell them don't chuck things straight in the bin. Think of what you can turn them into," he says. TerraCycle has been working with schools in partnership with Fonterra to encourage recycling at a young age. Schools that are interested in joining the programme can find more information at www.fonterramilkforschools.com.

Mountain View School in Mangere Bridge took the first place in Fonterra's Milk for Schools recycling excellence competition this year. Their prize for being the best in the country was a DIY workshop held by TerraCycle. TerraCycle has been working with schools in partnership with Fonterra to encourage recycling at a young age. Manukau Courier_13 March

Food storage brand GLAD has teamed up with recycling experts TerraCycle to launch the GLAD To Recycle Contest, offering New Zealanders the chance to win cash prizes for the school or not-for-profit of their choice simply by recycling their used Glad food storage products.