L.A.B Tour – Tauranga, Hastings & Whangārei
L.A.B’s homegrown groove blends on an eclectic mix of reggae, electronic, blues, funk and rock – all combining to create a sound entirely of their own. L.A.B kicked off their summer tour in Tauranga late 2022, with their Hastings & Whangārei wrapping up in summer 2023.
Closed Loop partnered with Loop Live to provide sustainable waste management services for all three shows.
Our impact:
Repurposing more than 80% of waste at L.A.B. Tour
Closed Loop proudly served all three locations of the L.A.B Tour. To achieve an average of 80.3% repurposing rate across all locations, Closed Loop hand-sorted all waste into at least 7 different material streams, depending on local recycling resources. This included paper cups, aluminium cans, cardboard, rigid plastics and more!
Repurposing rates by location
| Location | Waste generated | # of material streams | Diversion rate |
| Tauranga | 33.8m³ | 7 | 83.1% |
| Hastings | 53.5m³ | 10 | 83.2% |
| Whangārei | 54m³ | 10 | 75.3% |
Material streams
Our number of streams varies amongst location due to availability of services in the area. See some of the waste streams we collected below.
Cardboard
Packaging boxes and other cardboard waste were collected and recycled into new paper products and packaging locally.
Plastics 1's, 2's & 5's
Plastic bottles collected at the event were bailed and recycled into new rigid plastic items locally and overseas.
Aluminium cans
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic aluminium cans were collected, compacted, bailed and recycled into other aluminium products locally and overseas.
Pallets
Pallets from BOH were recycled through a program designed to utilise the biomass of the diverted wood to replace coal in industrial applications.
Paper cups
Coffee cups and take-away soft drink cups were recycled through Simply Cups into saveBOARD, a low carbon building material.
Soft plastics
Collected and recycled locally into saveBOARD, a low carbon building material.
Clear glass
Glass was separated into colours to keep it in it’s highest value. Glass was recycled into new glass products locally.
Brown glass
Glass was separated into colours to keep it in it’s highest value. Glass was recycled into new glass products locally.
Green glass
Glass was separated into colours to keep it in it’s highest value. Glass was recycled into new glass products locally.
More amazing results
Closed Loop have more than 20 years experience providing sustainable events in NZ and Australia.
