Bulk Milk In 10l resuable containers
Lava Glass’s continued sustainability journey now includes buying our milk from a local source - Volcanic Creamery. This family run dairy farm supp...
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Winner Love Taupo Tourism Awards
Sustainability Superstar: Lynden Over & Christine Robb, Lava Glass. This award recognizes our unwavering dedication to sustainability and our p...
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Biodiesel Glory Hole
The new biodiesel glory hole furnace at Lava Glass runs entirely on NZ biodiesel made from NZ-grown canola oil. Lynden has invented this furnace to...
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Net Carbon Zero Certification
We are thrilled to announce that Lava Glass has achieved carbon neutral status and is the first glassblowing studio in the world to have done so!Ou...
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Carbon Neutral Shipping
We offer secure packaging and insured worldwide shipping. We guarantee 100% that our glass art will arrive intact at your doorstep. All our carbon ...
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Planting trees to sequester carbon
In their effort to make Lava Glass environmentally sustainable, Christine and Lynden have planted more than 150,000 trees on a 100 ha block of land...
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Green Energy
We drive electric cars and are looking at installing an EV charging station at Lava Glass. Our gardener maintains our sculpture garden with an elec...
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Reducing Plastic
At Lava Glass we are focusing on reducing the use of plastic throughout the business. To reduce the use of bubble wrap we are wrapping smaller glas...
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Recycling & Reducing Waste
At Lava Glass we have already reduced our waste by over 75%. Our café staff composts organic waste. Paper is being separated and recycled. We recyc...
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Supporting The Local Community
Lava Glass is committed to supporting the local community by contributing to fundraising efforts for local schools and charities, but also by lendi...
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Electric Furnace
It's new, it's big, it's electric!
Glassblowing is a traditional artistic craft with roots that go back thousands of years. For the most part, the same materials, methods and tools h...
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Carbon neutral
Setting the Goal to become carbon-zero
Lava Glass is committed to carbon neutrality by 2021. We will do this by undertaking a number of initiatives and procedures to ensure we adopt the ...
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