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.

Wellington councillors are divided over whether to slap fines on cigarette butt litterers.

Waste Management launches the Southern Hemisphere's first electric rubbish truck.

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

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.

Food waste makes up almost half of what goes in Aucklanders' rubbish bins.

Journalist's adventure to film the blue whale turns into an environmental horror story.

Fraud investigation launched after Auckland cake decorator awarded multi-million dollar contract to build a sewage plant.

Community fridge in central Auckland offers free food to those in need.

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.

The Overseas Investment Office has given consent for a US$234 million deal involving Waste Management

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.

We owe it to our kids to look after this great country and not let them inherit a bunch of overflowing, privately-owned landfills, writes Sam Judd.

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.