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<\/p>\nThe Royal New Zealand RSA has announced the poppy will get a new look as they stand down the red-plastic poppy after more than 50 years. <\/p>\n
The RNZRSA will be introducing a new sustainable poppy next month, made from biodegradable paper at this year’s Poppy Day Appeal. <\/p>\n
This change is because specialised machinery that made the plastic poppies for decades in Christchurch was no longer in use. The plastic-based poppies were also causing issues at cemeteries and memorials such as being caught up in lawn mowers. <\/p>\n
The new poppies will be made in a purpose-built facility by the Royal British Legion in Kent, England. The RSA said no New Zealand maker could be sourced that wouldn’t be a “significant increase in the cost of production”.<\/p>\n
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New poppies, left, include material recovered from the waste generated in the production of coffee cups. (Source: Supplied)<\/p>\n
Other noticeable changes are a leaf, rather than white RSA tag, and an adhesive to attach to clothing, as “the new poppy is less pliable and difficult to pin”.<\/p>\n
RNZRSA National President Tony Hill says the new poppy reflects the organisations commitment to a sustainable future. <\/p>\n
“The new poppy is made from paper using a blend of renewable fibres from responsible sources, including material recovered from the waste generated in the production of coffee cups. Unlike the previous plastic-based poppy, the new design is completely biodegradable”. <\/p>\n
He said both poppies will be available from RSA collectors as they use up the old red-plastic poppies to replace them with the new sustainable paper poppy. <\/p>\n
People can pick up poppies from their community collection boxes throughout April in the lead up to Anzac Day. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Royal New Zealand RSA has announced the poppy will get a new look as they stand down…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3167,6932,117608,16395,12474,19789,4957,14154,28162,5749,300,111,43,139,31704,69,2744,7565,11590,13311,199,6034,9934],"class_list":["post-356228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-buy","tag-cash","tag-coins","tag-concept","tag-dollars","tag-donate","tag-fifty","tag-give","tag-hold","tag-hundred","tag-money","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-notes","tag-nz","tag-pay","tag-receive","tag-save","tag-sell","tag-take","tag-ten","tag-twenty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}