Fisher & Paykel want to stop your old worn out appliances going to landfills, so we’re opening our recycling operation to the general public for you to drop off your appliances for a whole Saturday. Make the most of this opportunity and round up as many tired, broken appliances as you can and bring them along- we’ll take care of the rest for you.

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Today some half a dozen people in the Recycling Centre deal with about 25,000 old washers, dryers cookers, refrigerators and freezers a year. The majority of appliances recycled each year are the result of retailers trading in an old appliance for a new one. The spirit of recycling goes beyond appliances themselves with much of the packaging returned to Fisher & Paykel for re-use if the customer does not want it. If it is still in good condition, it is reused for packing another new appliance. The slightly damaged cartons get sold into the second hand carton market while the worst ones get sold for re-pulping.

The recycling centre also plays an important role in recycling waste from Fisher & Paykel’s factories. As well as the packaging that components come in, all paper, scrap and off-cuts from the production facilities are collected and sold. This is a significant saving on the cost of dumping what can not be recycled within the factory.

While we have not yet reached a zero waste position, we are heading in the right direction, and are now undertaking research into introducing the same recycling initiatives into Australia.

Trade-in/replacement systems

* We encourage our service centres nationwide in NZ as well as our dealer organisation to return scrap appliances to the recycling operation.
* The installation service available for new product provides a free collection of unwanted appliances for the customer.
* The recycling plant in Auckland offers a free drop-off of appliances to the general public advertised through the local council.
* Recycling in the North Island has been running for some years. In the South Island it is being started now. We are actively investigating extending this into Australia.

Residuals requiring disposal

We actively recycle through certified handlers the very few residuals that are hazardous. (EG: we have an in-factory system for collecting and recycling NiCd batteries and any PCB’s we find)

Reduction in packaging and effective management of packaging stream

* All packaging is either returned or reused where freight distances make this viable (NZ only). We largely use cardboard, which is a renewable resource from plantation forests.