Monthly Archives: September 2018
Economate works by utilising offcuts of pre-consumer waste. Often this might be small A4 or A3 size sheets of melamine or short end pieces of timber. Often one barrier to using this material is the excuse ‘it’s not the right size’. Now we know that’s just plain lazy as with a bit of planing, some […]
Economate’s Nick and Katy attended the Wellington Civic Trust’s Wellington After Paris seminar. Experts including Motu’s Professor Arthur Grimes, Wellington City Councillors David Lee and Iona Pannett and Waste Minimisation manager Rodney Boys who presented along with representatives from Forest and Bird, Zealandia and many others to highlight just how a circular economy is key […]
Twenty competitors from institutes across New Zealand and the Pacific Islands converged to present innovative and groundbreaking concepts and advances in science. Supported by the German Embassy and Germany-New Zealand Chamber of Commerce judges were present from the Royal Society NZ, German Embassy and Callaghan Innovation. With just 3 minutes to pitch, Economate’s Katy presented […]