No retailers will be excluded from a ban on all single-use plastic bags.

Homeowners are not happy about Barfoot & Thompson's latest marketing ploy.

A clean up and commemorative planting day was held at Fishbone Park in Ōtangarei.

Young Kiwi leaders and Hawaiian Airline staff clean up rubbish from around the Pacific.

Readers get it off their chest: Rubbish bags, assisted dying, the Treaty and Donald Trump

The hidden cost to the Whanganui community may be an increase in fly-tipping

New Zealand at tipping point on waste, Associate Environment Minister says.

Should companies to take more responsibility for the harmful waste they produce?

The construction of the East Rotoiti Rotomā sewerage scheme is under way.

"Nobody should have to live with s*** all around their house."

Simon Upton wants confusion around biodegradable and compostable plastics cleared up.

Rubbish bag collection in Whanganui is back to normal, according to Waste Management.

Full bins with the tags taken were left for days on the side of the road, says resident.

The annual New Year festival injects millions into Gisborne's economy

COMMENT: It is very important that the council is involved with waste collection.

Competing with more efficient private operators to do it is folly.

Stockpiled plastic a 'scary' nationwide problem. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

'Compacting cycle' broke open safe, revealing estimated $30,000 cash to contractors.

The anti-litter group has just launched its first campaign since the 1990s.

Jitesh Singh & Stuart MacKinnon talks waste management. / ANZ Waste Management

The case raises questions of who can lay claim to valuables with no obvious owner

Four companies are in the running to build a $1.2 billion wastewater tunnel in Auckland.

$25,000 bill to clean up rogue operator's tyre dump near Clevedon.

Following a paper trail: tracing the culprits of unlawful tipping can be a messy business.

People in Auckland continued to swim at Milford Beach despite a health warning being put in place after raw sewage contaminated the water.

Mayor takes aim at vehicle owners in war on roadside rubbish dumping.

Thames-Coromandel produces the most recycling over the festive period.

EcoStock deals with eight double-decker buses of food waste every day.

Auckland Council's zero household waste to landfill policy questioned.

NZ packaging industry exploring greener approaches to help cut our waste stream.