Recycling startup growing, despite tornado and pandemic
A plastic recycling business brought to its knees by a tornado is back on its feet, promising to transform the industry - if it can find the right investors.
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How a tornado destroyed a factory but couldn't destroy a dream
Rui Peng wants to end plastic pollution, but a wild tornado has pushed pause on those dreams for now. Peng and his business partner Adam Ransfield run Critical, a clean-technology business that takes plastic waste Aucklanders put out on their kerbs and turns it into beautifully designed furniture and products for interior design fit-outs, thanks in part to seed funding from Auckland Council. Rui Peng is feeling "thankful" despite the damage to his factory. Photo: Justin Latif The pair had been working since April on setting up a factory in Papatoetoe, which, according to Peng, "is like nothi...
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