New facility to recycle construction waste near Huntly
Building researchers BRANZ say typically 40 to 50 per cent of all construction waste goes to landfill.
The $16 million Green Gorilla facility in Rotowaro opened this week.
The project was co-funded by a $4 million grant from the Ministry for the Environment's Waste Minimisation Fund.
The facility will be taking waste from South Auckland, Waikato, Thames-Coromandel, and the Bay of Plenty.
Green Gorilla chief executive is Elaine Morgan.
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