Science reporter Jamie Morton looks at the case for more green buildings in Auckland.

COMMENT: State agents rummaging through your recycling bin? What next?

It's too cheap to dump rubbish, says new report. Made with Funding from NZ On Air

More rubbish is being dumped at landfills - and less material is being recycled.

Thousands of bottles are to be posted to Associate Environment Minister Scott Simpson.

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.

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.

Organisers of the Kathmandu Coast to Coast race have teamed up with a global environment group to ensure the iconic event leaves no trace upon the spectacular South Island countryside it traverses.

Quake-damaged buildings to be torn down and the materials reused.

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

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.

Recyclable collections are set to get easier for more than 210,000 households in Rodney, North Shore and Waitakere.

A recycling initiative by Auckland Airport has halved the amount of aircraft waste being sent to landfill.

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.