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.
A Government decision to move ahead with a regulated product stewardship scheme for synthetic refrigerants marks a major step in tackling some of New Zealand’s most potent greenhouse gases.
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.
