SUSTAINABILITY
Phoenix Recycling Group are a nationwide recycling business, Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest privately held metal recycler and proudly 100% New Zealand owned, incorporated in 2013.
Phoenix are mitigating climate change by delivering the circular economy, recovering metals which are infinitely recyclable; diverting them from landfill, reducing deforestation and mining of virgin resources. Phoenix collect, accumulate, process, package, transport and export over 130 types of metallic product specifications.
TOITU CERTIFIED
Phoenix are independently Toitu Envirocare Net Carbon Zero certified - offsetting every truck kilometre, every equipment movement between and within our yards and demolition sites, and every container movement to the destination port of our global recycling partners as they electrify.
horizontally & vertically integrated
Phoenix have successfully horizontally and vertically integrated a nationwide metal recycling service to deliver consolidated recycling solutions, with corresponding sustainability data and emissions reporting for their customers climate related disclosures. Phoenix have positioned themselves to lead Aotearoa NZ’s circular economy and contribute to Aotearoa NZ’s UN SDG commitments for 2030 and beyond.
circular economy
Metals are at the heart of the global circular economy. Globally we need to reach net zero by transitioning to renewable sources of energy. Metals are core ingredients of all clean energy technologies; Phoenix’s metallic products for remelt will help power the future and build the essential infrastructure for our global society.
SUSTAINABILITY
TIMELINE
FEB
2024
Another step for us towards creating the 'milk run' of battery recycling. We can announce the acquisition of eCycle Solutions batteries business. Phoenix are professionalising the service further by adding fire proof receptacles, heat sensors and independent 24/7 monitoring where applicable. Our battery milk run is serviced by our own Dangerous Goods transportation certified Phoenix team, enabling end-to-end battery recycling; from Aotearoa to our global recycling partners.
November
2023
Official launch of the Cans for Kai collaboration with LegaSea. This initiative financially assists LegaSea’s Kai Ika Project in partnership with Papatūānuku Kōkiri Marae, Westhaven Marina, Orakei Marina and The Outboard Boating Club (OBC).
Current can count: 311 kg’s recycled so far
in support of this initiative.
AUGUST
2023
Phoenix launches New Zealand’s first nationwide end-to-end battery recycling solution. ‘No battery left behind’. Over 20 subtypes of batteries will be recycled, servicing domestic, commercial, industrial uses. Hundreds of collection points to be installed in towns and cities to make it easy for Kiwis to recycle batteries.
JULY
2023
Replaced 10 utes with 100% electric EV vehicles. These 10 utes for FY23 used 22,077 litres of diesel travelling 234,447km – equivalent to 59 tCO2e emissions reduction by switching to electric.
Toitu eManage emissions data calculator
JULY
2023
Phoenix and LegaSea’s Kai Ika soft launch Cans for Kai -Kēne mō te kai at Field Days. First drop; 30kg of cans collected from the Papatūānuku Kōkiri Marae, Westhaven Marina and LegaSea HQ.
JULY
2023
Sustainable Steel Council Gold Certification.
90,000+ MT
RECYCLED
MARCH
2023
90,000+ MT
total metals recycled.
march
2023
All Phoenix sites are powered by energy retailer Ecotricity. They ONLY source clean energy - energy from Toitū climate positive certified wind, hydro and solar.
SEPTEMBER
2022
Other Waste Batteries milestone achieved:
100,000kgs + recycled
AUGUST
2022
EECA LETF Round 1 Recipient.
Trial of new Heavy Truck E technology.
60,000+ MT
RECYCLED
MARCH
2022
60,000+ MT
total metals recycled.
30,000+ MT
RECYCLED
MARCH
2021
30,000+ MT
total metals recycled.