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The Government has announced plans to upgrade seven recycling plants around the country.
Fresh off the truck, recycling going onto the first conveyor belts to begin the sorting process at Oji. Photo: Supplied Wellington City Council
Environment Minister, Eugenie Sage, says $36.7 million will be spent upgrading the plants, including replacing manual sorting with high-tech optical sorters.
Sarah Pritchett, the sustainability advisor at the waste and recycling advisory and advocacy organisation WasteMINZ, spoke to Māni Dunlop.