Well we’re back and recovered from WasteMinz (who would have thought 400 recyclers, waste collections, council workers and entrepreneurs would dance the night away to Che Fu?!!) and what a great experience it was.
The EnviroFlexiNet was mentioned specifically at the conference dinner, as an example of kiwi ingenuity and excellence, to a capacity crowd. And our stand was superb, with the litter blowing around catching everyone’s attention.
We have several good leads to follow up now, and a large number of councils looking to make a deal in the coming months.
The most interesting thing for me, was realising the deep personal connections between councils, waste managers, recycling companies and bin manufacturers. These relationships have been established over a long time, which makes it tricky for newbies like us to penetrate. Especially when it seems our clients, the councils, are under significant pressure from their suppliers (isn’t that the wrong way round?!) to keep the status quo…
