Employers are being challenged to take on 500 unemployed young people in the next 50 days to give young New Zealanders a break into their first jobs.

Waste Management will trial electric trucks as the EV revolution moves to heavier vehicles.

Last weekend I was lucky enough to go to the excellent WOMAD festival in Taranaki, writes Sam Judd. The home of oil and gas and a stronghold for dairy farming - this region is not usually recognised as a pinnacle of environmental performance.

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

Thanks to one tidy Kiwi's handy detective work, someone is about to receive the surprise of their life in the mail.

A video circulating on social media showing sewage flowing from a treatment plant into a stream is a distortion of the facts, says Horowhenua District Council.

Campaigners say visitors arriving at Auckland Airport could be greeted by the stench of rotting food waste once a composting plant begins operating nearby.

A proposed Auckland-wide food waste collection has been extended in parts of the City and the number of homes taking the service is growing.

A natural re-usable food wrap, a brainchild of three Auckland mums, is one of the creative ideas to be presented at next Sunday's Auckland Fair.

More than 25,000kg of plastic waste is littered in NZ each day — and each of us mismanages seven grams of it daily.

Beijing Capital Group has said it will invest $98 million in its new acquisition, Waste Management.

The country's second-biggest supermarket chain has cut rubbish by thousands of tonnes after introducing an anti-waste strategy seven years ago.

Dumped rubbish is threatening the Hauraki Gulf but "people power" is helping to clean up the mess.

Beijing private equity firm joins options being weighed against IPO and Oz-NZ share float.

Grim study reveals demand for new products results in huge dumping of electronic equipment

The risk of emergency overflows of sewage into the Manukau Harbour for a further 50 years is being highlighted by community groups.

Young New Zealander of the Year and environmental columnist Sam Judd, is proposing that New Zealand should become the mining hub of the South Pacific.

Environmental columnist Sam Judd takes a look at this year's Unpackit Awards - a competition for a good cause.

Treated sewage waste could be dumped on land 20m from property boundaries under the draft Auckland Council Unitary Plan.

Auckland plans to spend $4.8 billion over the next 10 years on water projects as the city's population grows.

What does the yellow cross-hatching signify at the intersection of Mt Eden, Oaklands and Stokes Rds?