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SIFT Green Resolution #1

Monday, January 17th, 2011 by Admin

In the spirit of New Year resolutions we thought we would give our individual resolutions over the next couple of weeks.

Being the General Manager I’m going first:

Scanwood utensils

Scanwood utensils

My green resolution for 2011 is to continue to reduce my use of plastic in my house (and work),  most importantly single use disposable plastics, and move to other forms of packaging or products that have less of an impact on the environment (and potentially my health) and are more durable for the long term (e.g. moving from plastic cooking equipment to wood or ceramic).

We’d love to know yours.

So much so that any green resolutions that are sent through to us will go into the draw to win this great Sulo Talbot compost bin (below) that we were given as a Christmas present from the lovely people at Sulo Talbot. All green resolutions need to be sent through to us either via email ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or via our Facebook or Twitter by the 31st of January 2011. Please send us your full contact details and address and your green resolution.  The winner will be drawn at random on the 1st of February and notified via email (if you let us know by Twitter or Facebook we will get in touch to get your contact details).***Please note that this competition is only open to New Zealand residents – it’s a rather large  to post out of NZ!***

We will also post all green resolutions online anonymously.

This Sulo Talbot compost bin is 31cm wide x 22cm deep x 17cm high.

Sulo Talbot Compost Bin SIFT image

Sulo Talbot Compost Bin SIFT image

Styrofoam Tray Recycling Competition closes today

Friday, September 4th, 2009 by Admin
Styrofoam meat tray

Source: istock

The Sift Styrofoam Meat and Vegetable Tray Recycling Competition closes today. Enter online or send in any Press entries you have left on the kitchen table today (we will check our post box on Monday for any stragglers). We are looking for any ideas that are either sustainable and/or commercial or are artistic and creative.

There have been lots of entries already with a great range of ideas for what we could do to recycle the trays.  From using them in building insulation to garden mulch there are ideas that are both practical and new. Millions of them end up in landfill each year and we can quite easily reduce this by changing our behaviour or finding a way to recycling them.

We are looking forward to picking the two winners in a couple of weeks and all details will be posted here. The Sulo Talbot mini wheelie bin desk tidies are all sitting waiting to be given to the first 100 entries. Kinda cute and really practical. Have one bin for organics, one bin for recyclables (including paper once both sides have been filled) and a little wheelie bin desk tidy for everything else! A great way to reduce your waste!