As part of Aliaxis Group, Dynex works with Waste Management New Zealand and Unitec ESRC, supported by a Ministry for the Environment’s Plastics Innovation Fund grant. The joint-venture partnership is making a significant $12.5 million investment in the company’s mission to dramatically reduce plastic construction and demolition waste in New Zealand.
The project includes investing in new recycling facilities across New Zealand which will sort, wash and shred PVC and HDPE plastic from construction and demolition, commercial and industrial sources.
The collected plastic is used at Aliaxis New Zealand’s sites to manufacture the next generation of PVC and HDPE piping systems used in building, infrastructure and agriculture projects across New Zealand, completing the loop and reducing overall plastic resin importation.
Palliside – Partnership with BUILTsmart for Sustainability
Both BUILTsmart and PALLISIDE® have a strong sustainability philosophy, which makes for a perfect partnership.
Within the construction industry, off-cuts of materials inevitably create a lot of waste. One of the great things about PALLISIDE® weatherboards is that they are fully recyclable. See video here.
There is a program on-site that allows BUILTsmart to put any off-cuts into Dynex containers that are taken back to the manufacturing site in Auckland to be processed.
At the Auckland site, these materials are ground up and re-used in other extruded products, so that landfill waste is kept to a minimum.
Palliside® – Keeping energy use to a minimum
Globally, Aliaxis aims to reach 100% renewable electricity by 2025 to help reduce CO2 emissions by 75% per tonne of production on its sites. To achieve that goal, Dynex joined Meridian Energy’s Certified Renewable Energy programme in November 2021. Meridian is committed to generating electricity only from 100% renewable sources.
To request a sample of PALLISIDE® weatherboards, visit www.palliside.co.nz.