David Broome: Plastic bags are not our biggest problem
COMMENT: Supermarket plastic bags have much more than a single use.
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Supermarket making money from waste
Whanganui's New World supermarket is being paid for the waste it gets rid of.
Rob Fenwick: How to reduce city's waste mountain
COMMENT: Is the city's dream of zero waste by 2040 remotely credible?
Food-scrap bin collection starts in Auckland
Auckland Council begins new food scraps collection service, to eventually become city-wide
Solar power fires up Kamo pizzas
Franchisee Jayesh Madhav: "I'm always looking for ways to reduce our carbon footprint."
Prizes, volleyball on offer at beach clean-up
Youth to focus on environment with beach clean up
Plastic perhaps not so fantastic
Plastic has many uses - but have we made too much and what can we do about it?
Local Focus: Build a house for $26,000
Cheap and sustainable living now reality for millennials. Made with funding from NZ On Air
Local Focus: Taking the Bulls Bag by the horns
Goodbye to plastic bags and hello to the Bull Bag. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Marty Hoffart: China forcing start to serious recycling
COMMENT: New Zealand needs new incentives to improve recycling, writes Marty Hoffart.
Editorial: D-Day in battle against waste
EDITORIAL: New Zealand shamefully behind other countries - and we must do better.
Failed recycling boss guilty of $385k tax rort
Ferrari-driving television recycler whose firm collapsed owing $8.5m pleads guilty.
Sea of bottles: Coromandel's mountain of recycling
Thames-Coromandel produces the most recycling over the festive period.
200,000 tonnes of Auckland rubbish sent to landfill a year
It leaves the kerb in a bin and we never see it again - where does Auckland's rubbish go?
Auckland dad collects a years' worth of plastic
He was shocked to see just how much plastic had accumulated over the year.
Where NOT to dump your Christmas tree
Auckland council is begging residents to dispose of their Christmas trees responsibly.
Make your Xmas sparkle - just without the glitter
Banning plastic glitter doesn't have to take the sparkle out of the festive season.
Kim Pickering: The future of plastics
COMMENT: Degradable composites and recycling could lessen pollution.
Turning food waste into millions
EcoStock deals with eight double-decker buses of food waste every day.
Stint in Nepal sparks eco-friendly business idea
How Helen Rupp is helping to reduce the amount of plastic that ends up in the ocean.
China move prompts call for greener packaging
NZ packaging industry exploring greener approaches to help cut our waste stream.
Brian Rudman: Plastic bag ban needed now
COMMENT: Why are supermarket chains not doing it next week instead of 14 months away?
Teachers vow to make NZ schools carbon neutral
New Zealand schools will soon be "carbon-neutral" if the teachers have their way.
Worker's hand severed, $138k fine imposed
Plastics company fined $138,500 after a worker's hand was partially amputated.
Local Focus: After the rubber hits the road, where does it go?
Where to put 5 million tyres a year. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Cash returns for bottles makes a comeback
Fresh bid to reduce plastic in the ocean. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Shoppers go plastic free
Kiwi consumers are helping save the environment with their wallets.
The French Connection: Building greener
Science reporter Jamie Morton looks at the case for more green buildings in Auckland.
Hide: Big Brother goes through our rubbish
COMMENT: State agents rummaging through your recycling bin? What next?
Watch NZH Local Focus: Recycling decreasing across NZ
It's too cheap to dump rubbish, says new report. Made with Funding from NZ On Air
What a load of rubbish! Dumping up, recycling down
More rubbish is being dumped at landfills - and less material is being recycled.
Campaign seeks to swamp MP with bottles
Thousands of bottles are to be posted to Associate Environment Minister Scott Simpson.
We can't recycle our way to 'zero waste'
COMMENT: We need the distinction between minimising and managing, writes Jenni Downes.