If you’ve ever questioned recycling, this will change how you see it.

Paper and cardboard from our kerbside recycling is being turned into useful new products right here in New Zealand. I went behind the scenes at Hawk Packaging in Hawke’s Bay to follow the journey from old cereal boxes and cardboard packaging to around 500,000 apple trays made every day. This is the proof.

Watch the full journey and see what really happens after recycling leaves your kerbside.