We dispose of 7,500 tonnes of road sweepings and street drain waste to landfill in Auckland, Hamilton and Wellington every year. That’s a lot of waste going to landfill and we knew there had to be a better way of doing this, not just for Civic but also throughout the...
As the Government rebate for personal-use electric vehicles gains momentum, it’s a good time to reflect on Civic Group’s fleet of environmentally friendly trucks and vans, and our plans for the future when it comes to clean vehicles. Civic Group purchased its...
As Auckland moves out of Level 4, and the rest of New Zealand moves to a less strict Level 2, we want to give a huge thank you to Civic Group’s essential workers, who have been grafting hard under lockdown conditions to make sure our cities are clean. In the Waikato,...
We recently introduced a new Weed Eliminator van to our fleet. You might see it out and about in Auckland, getting rid of weeds in a way that’s not dangerous to people or damaging to the environment. Getting rid of weeds can be tricky because the chemicals in...
Rubbish bins aren’t something that the average person spends too much time thinking about. But here at Civic, bins and how to make them better are always on our minds. In fact, we’ve been busy designing a bin house that will solve all sorts of problems when it comes...
Recently, we put in a tender to Hutt City Council Te Awa Kairangi for a waste collection contract. There’s nothing unusual about that — we’re pitching for council work around New Zealand all the time — but the brief for this job was a little bit different. Hutt City...
