New Innovation written byMabel Maguire 22/07/20
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...
Industry, New Innovation written byMabel Maguire 08/07/20
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...
New Innovation written byMabel Maguire 02/06/20
Over the past 10 years, environmental responsibility and sustainability has become a key focus for Civic, and we have implemented a huge range of innovative solutions to reduce water usage, carbon emissions and waterway contamination, and improve staff safety and...
New Innovation written byMabel Maguire 15/04/20
Our custom-designed-and-built, electric street and bin washing truck has been in the pipeline for a while, and it’s arrival couldn’t be more timely. The EV truck is designed to pick-up, empty, hot-wash and steam waste bins to kill pathogens and bacteria...
Industry, New Innovation written byMabel Maguire 02/12/19
Bjorn recently returned from a trip to Europe where he visited CMS Berlin – a huge, annual trade fair that attracts over 20,000 international guests from the commercial cleaning and hygiene industries. With more than 448 exhibitors covering an expo area of...
New Innovation written byMabel Maguire 02/12/19
If you attended this year’s WasteMINZ conference in Hamilton you might have spotted Civic’s EV street-cleaning truck simulation. We had some fun and jazzed up the truck’s features and capabilities, including automated pick-up and washing of wheelie bins...