Rachel Brown: Circular solution to our plastic problem
Opinion: Right now the way we make, use and dispose of products is an uncoordinated mess.
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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.
Auckland's waste paper mountain will be dumped
Paper and cardboard accounts for 46 per cent of the city's waste by weight,
Coronavirus: Library services offered to non-members
Wellington's libraries are making thousands of online resources available during lockdown.
Solutions needed for Whanganui paper and cardboard crisis
A Whanganui think tank has been proposed to address paper and cardboard crisis.
Letters: Recycling cost spurs poor choices
If it's difficult or costly to recycle or dump, poorer people will make poor choices.
Letters: A plea from one who knows . . .
A peaceful end should be everyone's right. Why should the terminally ill be punished?
Gas bottles, batteries blamed for recycling truck fires
Warning - recycling habits are proving dangerous in Auckland.
We're recycling wrong: Kiwis dump 97m plastic containers a year in rubbish bins
Poor labelling and confusion to blame for recyclable items ending up in landfills.
Local Focus: Napier's recycling programme a crate success
Limit of three crates each leads to imaginative filling. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Tackling climate change with BioChar
Parengarenga Incorporation tackles climate change issues with BioChar research project.
'Could get out of hand': Napier council stops providing free replacement recycling bins
Replacing recycling crates will cost residents after council decision.
Local Focus: Time running out to talk trash
Tauranga sends too much household waste to landfill. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Aucklanders to get kerbside compost collection from 2021
Aucklanders' food scraps will be collected kerbside from 2021 and turned into biogas.
Editorial: NZ's excuses on plastic pollution fail to stack up
EDITORIAL: Recycling is not actually an achievement but an acceptance of failure.
From high school drop-out to adidas high-flyer
Zion Armstrong has transformed from a cash-strapped Kiwi sprinter to an adidas high-flyer
Barry Soper: Why not appoint Shane Jones as Minister of Waste to tackle landfills?
COMMENT: The Prince of the Provinces has the money to do it: the Provincial Growth Fund.
Government wants to clean up landfill levy scheme
More funding is being proposed to tackle New Zealand's growing waste problem.
How to win the battle against that box of tangled cords and wires
Enough faffing. Here's what to do with those old cables, plugs and other tech stuff.
'Enviro wāhine warrior': Cartoonist's drastically sustainable life
Profile: How Tauranga cartoonist Mig McMillan forged a path towards sustainable living.
Local Focus: Do the right e-thing
Old and new televisions are now recyclable. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Eliza McCartney offsets injured 2019 with newfound environmentalism
An injured 2019 has led the Olympic pole vaulter to change her degree and priorities.
Comment | Why Hosking is wrong about Greta Thunberg's activism
COMMENT: I do empathise. Change is scary for everyone.