Plastic road cones to be made in NZ

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Road cones will soon be made in New Zealand using waste plastic, Environment Minister Nick Smith says.

"This smart recycling initiative will mean that 150 tonnes of waste plastic won't be going into landfills each year," Dr Smith said today.

He said Christchurch-based Alto Packaging had received $42,000 from the Waste Minimisation Fund to design and develop the manufacturing technology that uses recycled plastic resin to make road cones and they were expected to be available from June.

"We need to back up the effort of so many New Zealanders who recycle at home by encouraging businesses to produce products that reuse the millions of milk bottles," he said.

- NZPA