COMMENT: We need the distinction between minimising and managing, writes Jenni Downes.

The makers of Pringles are coming under pressure to abandon their famous tube packaging.

It's good news for some with a big development in the unification of waste collection.

Millions of bars of soap and half-used bottles of shampoo are left in hotel shower trays.

Generous locals just keep giving as Hawke's Bay kids get a sporting chance.

On one side, residents pay $2.30 for orange bags, on the other side they can use any bag.

Cathay Pacific has taken a stake in a company producing bio fuel out of city waste.

Govino New Zealand director Prue Kane talks about taking on an established drinkware business and the greatest lessons she's learnt.

Kiwi beer brand DB Export is recycling its used bottles to make a man-made sand - an effort the company hopes will help preserve our beaches.

Wheelie bins and an extra recycling bin for food scraps isn't good news for everyone in Hamilton. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

What's lurking beneath the surface in the Wellington Harbour?

Good things take time, and while Rotorua's new rubbish system has encountered some "glitches and issues" last week I believe one week

A Whangarei business owner is "a bit dumbfounded" by a council decision to leave the majority of his recycling on the pavement. But

Husband and wife duo India and Steve Korner explain how their business is helping to promote workplace promote sustainability.

From the moment you jump into the shower in the morning until you stagger back home later that night after a few post-work beers

COMMENT: Little things can tell voters a lot about their local government. The Super City's new inorganic recycling service came to our house this week.

The body found in cardboard bales has been identified as Te Awamutu father-of-three Daniel Bindner.

A blessing is to be held on the site of the Frankton cardboard processing factory where a body of man was found in a cardboard bale.

Rokkasho reprocessing complex in a northeast corner of Japan's main island of Honshu is raising speculation.

Kiwis whose kitchen drawer or cupboards are brimming with plastic bags, are in luck.

In New Zealand, we discard 1.6 billion plastic bags a year, yet the Government is happy leave it to the industry to do the right thing, Brian Rudman writes.

Used nappies, beer bottles, takeaway cups, your Herald - all items that are likely to end up in the bin once they're finished with.

For 20 years I've lived beside a public golf course. I play on it twice a week, and stroll over it most days.

Traffic congestion could be reduced if the council made it compulsory for commercial premises to display their number.

Privahini Bradoo is working to help solve the world's waste problems through her company which aims to extract reusable metals from electronic waste.

Barnardos has always led the charge in putting children first. The Garden Project is their newest initiative to promote gardening among South Auckland children and families...

High hopes for creating jobs from rubbish are pinned on a community-run recycling hub which has opened in South Auckland.

Charging for plastic bags disrupts habitual behaviours and helps people draw a linkage between environmental awareness and actions.

The Government has thrown its backing - but not its money - behind a mobile phone recycling programme.

A North Island New World has cut its waste from 11 tonnes to 3.6 tonnes a month in the biggest recycling initiative by the country's largest supermarket chain.