Following on from our July announcement that $500,000 dollars worth of bounty purchase orders had been issued since our Bounty Buy-Back Programmes launched in October 2022 - we've now hit another record!
August 2023 has seen over $100,000 worth of bounty purchase orders given back to businesses for their recovered refrigerant - whether they've been dropped off at one of our nationwide collection sites, or picked up through our free courier collection for anyone 50kms from one of our sites.
That's an amazing achievement, and a whole lot of refrigerant no longer at risk of harming the environment, along with more funding that will be reinvested back into our industry through initiatives like our training and recruitment developments.
Kawerau, 20 March 2026 – A high-tech plasma torch was lit up today as Minister of Conservation, Hon Tama Potaka, officially opened the $10 million National Refrigerant Destruction Facility.
1 January 2026 marks a major step forward for vocational education in New Zealand, with ten regionally governed polytechnics and eight new Industry Skills Boards officially beginning operation, Vocational Education Minister Penny Simmonds says.
