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John MacDonald: Wastewater plant compensation offer stinks
Chch households besieged by foul smell have right to feel abandoned, John MacDonald says.
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Government launches plan to transform recycling systems
People will have until May 8 to have their say.
Wellington stops glass recycling, public transport to be stretched to the limit
The city is feeling the effect of a shortage of workers due to increasing Covid-19 cases.
Hedgehog, pig's head, cutlery among causes for 100+ wastewater spills
But the local council says it doesn't know how much it costs to clean up.
'Every possible solution' required to stop shameful dumping problem
Solutions could include rates-funded rubbish collection and public recycling education.
Smart, Earthcare in waste management merger
Waste management firms Smart Environmental and Earthcare Environmental are merging.
New site for Kaibosh means more food saved from waste
Kaibosh Kāpiti-Horowhenua has moved to a bigger site on Sheffield St, Paraparaumu.
Competition offers $25,000 to best clean recycling post
WasteMINZ is on a mission to encourage people to rinse, recycle and repeat their waste.
90% Project: Green Gorilla recycling sets benchmark with staff vaccinations
Green Gorilla recycling are over 90 per cent already
River rubbish dumping's $57k annual cost, and it's not stopping in lockdown
"Our staff were being put at risk having to go out into the community to respond."
Beijing Capital looks to sell NZ's Waste Management
Beijing Capital acquired Waste Management for $950m from ASX-listed Transpacific in 2014.
Extension granted for dumping items destroyed in West Coast flooding
Free dumping was expected to end on Thursday but will now end on Sunday.
Contaminated water and waste at Ruakākā site removed since last year
Site operators to be billed once clean-up sorted in Ruakākā.
Community fridge project nears completion
The Whanganui Community Fridge will enable food redistribution and help prevent waste.
New plastic bans target cutlery, meat trays, takeaway containers
Days of plastic cutlery, PVC meat trays and polystyrene takeaway containers now numbered.
'Putrid' rotting skins and pelts present problems at landfill
Increased animal waste causing toxic landfill fumes.
Dome Valley landfill gets approval after split decision by planning commissioners
Waste Management says most of the land will act as a buffer from surrounding farms.
Totally sorted: Meet 4-year-old Frankie, Petone's champion recycler
Frankie Bakhos-McCarthy could teach a lot of grown-ups something about recycling.
NZ still sending plastic waste to developing countries
Since 2019, more than 10,000 tonnes of NZ's plastic has gone to Malaysia alone.
Huge 'eyesore' of scrap metal 'dumped without consent'
Phil Goff says the illegal dump is the biggest Auckland Council has ever seen.
Tiwai Point smelter clean-up cost rising
Smelter's owners will raise provision for clean-up after audit finds more waste on site.
NZ second worst recycling nation; Pringles, KitKat, Toblerone partly to blame
Packaging used for Pringles, KitKat and Toblerone is not easily recyclable in Aotearoa.
Trash Palace: Rubbish spills out of Auckland home on to footpath
A woman pushing a pram had to step onto a busy road due to rubbish blocking the path.
Paris streets exposed on #SaccageParis overflowing with rubbish
Parisian streets have been filmed overflowing with garbage. Video / Un Autre via Twitter
Rachel Brown: Circular solution to our plastic problem
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Auckland Council collection dates for Christmas rubbish
Auckland Council aspires to be a Zero Waste City by 2040.
World-famous Masterton event seeks waste bylaw changes
New rules aim to control the dumping of spam mail and waste from large public events.
Historic landfill sites found, school cordons off cricket nets
Landfills were used to dispose of household rubbish and are likely to pose minimal risk.
Recycling upgrade slashes Auckland's plastic landfill waste
It will also increase fivefold the amount recycled in New Zealand.