Press Release – Sustainable Business Network More than 60 organisations supplying everything from road cones, paint and mobile phones to clothing, batteries and furniture have joined a nationwide campaign to reduce waste. Every year New Zealanders send around 2.5 million tonnes of waste to … More than 60 organisations supplying everything from road cones, paint and mobile phones to clothing, batteries and furniture have joined a nationwide campaign to reduce waste. Every year New Zealanders send around 2.5 million tonnes of waste to landfill which equates to over a tonne of rubbish per household. “That’s bad for the environment, it’s costing our country millions of dollars every year, it’s contributing to our carbon emissions and it’s a shocking waste of valuable resources,” says James Griffin, General Manager Projects and Advisory at the Sustainable Business Network (SBN).