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Wellington rubbish truck driver shortage filled but collection delays expected to continue
Even though additional drivers have been hired they still need to be trained.
Hamiltonians urged to revive food bin habit
Council suggests storing perishable food waste in the freezer until collection day
Singapore Airlines' new take on runway fashion - recycled plane parts
Aircraft seats, windows, life vests, bed sheets, blankets all getting new lease of life.
'Gross' pizza box Tik Tok revelation
TikTok star reveals one thing you must never do with pizza boxes - and you've done it.
Smart, Earthcare in waste management merger
Waste management firms Smart Environmental and Earthcare Environmental are merging.
Competition offers $25,000 to best clean recycling post
WasteMINZ is on a mission to encourage people to rinse, recycle and repeat their waste.
Environmentalist conducts survey on discarded single-use masks
Whangārei environmentalist Dr Manue Martinez collects 211 disposable face masks in a week.
153 tonnes of recycling sent to Wellington landfill in lockdown
Recycling was not collected in Wellington City during alert level 4.
NZ's plastic shame: which countries are getting our waste?
Thousands of tonnes of our plastic waste is still shipped overseas. But to where, exactly?
Sustainable living event attracts good crowd
20 stalls covered everything from recycling books to creating alternatives to plastics.
Contaminated water and waste at Ruakākā site removed since last year
Site operators to be billed once clean-up sorted in Ruakākā.
New plastic bans target cutlery, meat trays, takeaway containers
Days of plastic cutlery, PVC meat trays and polystyrene takeaway containers now numbered.
Compostable cups: The idea's great but what's the reality?
Waste experts believe most compostable cups probably end up in landfill.
Whangārei on a good start with National Volunteers Week, collects over 7500kg of waste
Volunteers gathered over 7500kg of waste during rubbish clean-up in Raumanga.
Electric car revolution risks mountain of toxic battery waste
Green push towards net zero emissions could create millions of tonnes of hazardous junk.
Local Focus: Tips and tricks for your new bins
Get the most out of Tauranga City Council's new bins. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Totally sorted: Meet 4-year-old Frankie, Petone's champion recycler
Frankie Bakhos-McCarthy could teach a lot of grown-ups something about recycling.
Green Building: A lesson in Waste Management
A tired industrial site in East Tamaki has found a new lease of life.
NZ second worst recycling nation; Pringles, KitKat, Toblerone partly to blame
Packaging used for Pringles, KitKat and Toblerone is not easily recyclable in Aotearoa.
2000 properties on Wellington's recycling blacklist to get clean slate
City councillor says city is too focused on punishing people rather than educating them.
Rachel Brown: Circular solution to our plastic problem
Opinion: Right now the way we make, use and dispose of products is an uncoordinated mess.
Local Focus: Recycling cardboard and plastic 3, 4, 6 and 7 becoming a problem
China's decision "one of the best things to happen". Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Napier's trash is treasure
Napier's annual trash to treasure Recycle Day. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
More than 1450 Christchurch residents on final warning for poor recycling
The Christchurch City Council has been carrying out checks on the contents of the bins.
Canterbury event for farmers to dispose of plastics, chemicals and oil
Farmers and growers will get the opportunity to safely dispose of a variety of farm waste.
Labour promising to phase out straws, fruit stickers and other single-use plastics by 2025
Labour would say goodbye to plastic straws and fruit stickers.
'Terrible scare tactic': Ecostore slammed for marketing stunt
Ecostore announced a "permanent recall" on their bottles - but all was not as it seemed.
Govt to make companies, consumers, responsible for e-waste
Govt moves to regulate stewardship schemes for e-waste, plastic packaging and tyres.
Auckland's leaky pipes lose more water than the city saves
Auckland's drinking water pipes are leaking at least 50 million litres a day.
Five ugly figures that highlight NZ's plastic problem
Each of us consumes around 31kg of plastic each year - and the problem's getting worse.
Keen to put the recycling out? Hastings will have to wait until July
Covid-19 lockdown woes for new recycling contract.
120 tonnes in one day: Wellington recycling like 'Christmas on steroids'
Tonnes of recycling ending up at the landfill every day so the system isn't overwhelmed.
Wellington's stockpiled recycling bound for the landfill
Recycling collections are resuming in the city but no promises material will be recycled.