Vape batteries set recycling trucks alight
Vape battery causes a recycling truck to catch fire - the third time in a year.
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Zero packaging is miles better than recyclable packaging
Here's what happens when you recycle soft plastics, and why Ethically Kate chooses not to.
Tip Shop prepares for Christmas ‘madness’
Wellington Southern Landfill's Tip Shop ready to bring quality goods to all customers,
Opinion: We need to stop wasting our recycling potential
NZ is now turning to our industry to support environmental goals and empower change.
Worm farms to keep tonnes of waste from landfill
Food scraps, shredded paper, handtowels, cardboard, and wilted flowers will be collected.
Small business: The man trying to solve our e-waste problem
It's estimated Kiwis produce an eye-popping amount of e-waste every year.
A city's pricey quest for the perfect rubbish bin
Unhinged, on fire, unloved: A city's long search for the perfect bin comes at a high cost.
'Stinky': Metre-long fish, dog poo found in recycling
Council workers also found dirty nappies, corn on the cob, and jandals in the recycling.
Countdown phasing out single-use bags
Greenpeace applauds the plan, but says more can be done.
Focus: How Kiwis are curbing the cost of living
With the cost of living crisis showing no signs of slowing, we take a look at some of the creative ways Kiwis across the country are saving money. Video / NZ Herald
'Even the Mob can put their bins out': Fly-tipping frustrates Napier resident
Rubbish in city waterway some of the worst in long streak of illegal dumpings.
Warren Snow: 'I neglected parts of my life that should've been more important'
The environmental champion talks to Elisabeth Easther.
Councillors say yes to kerbside collections in Whanganui
Whanganui to get kerbside recycling in 2023 and food waste collection from 2024.
'Had I not had my stroke, had I been on top of my game, that fire would not have been lit' - Semenoff
Former Mayor says illegal rubbish fire was not his doing
Opinion: I'm sorry Bromley - $41m is too much
The council's decided it will move its composting plant out of the suburb.
Welly-being: An eco-friendly weekend in the capital
New Zealand's capital is full of eats and activities for the eco-conscious traveller.
City's food waste collection back in full swing
Production of compost from Hamilton's food waste will also resume next week.
Young Whangārei student starts cool initiative to save the environment
Aluminium foil packets fused together to make thermal blankets for the needy.
Soft plastic recycling back thanks to collaboration
Soft plastic recycling has returned to Dunedin following a three-year hiatus
Last post for old face masks
Blue and white face coverings recycled into long-lasting fence posts.
New Zealand scientists develop system to disinfect PPE
Kiwi scientists develop a potential solution to the more than 25k tonnes of plastic waste.
Wellington rubbish truck driver shortage filled but collection delays expected to continue
Even though additional drivers have been hired they still need to be trained.
Hamiltonians urged to revive food bin habit
Council suggests storing perishable food waste in the freezer until collection day
Singapore Airlines' new take on runway fashion - recycled plane parts
Aircraft seats, windows, life vests, bed sheets, blankets all getting new lease of life.
'Gross' pizza box Tik Tok revelation
TikTok star reveals one thing you must never do with pizza boxes - and you've done it.
Smart, Earthcare in waste management merger
Waste management firms Smart Environmental and Earthcare Environmental are merging.
Competition offers $25,000 to best clean recycling post
WasteMINZ is on a mission to encourage people to rinse, recycle and repeat their waste.
Environmentalist conducts survey on discarded single-use masks
Whangārei environmentalist Dr Manue Martinez collects 211 disposable face masks in a week.
153 tonnes of recycling sent to Wellington landfill in lockdown
Recycling was not collected in Wellington City during alert level 4.
NZ's plastic shame: which countries are getting our waste?
Thousands of tonnes of our plastic waste is still shipped overseas. But to where, exactly?
Sustainable living event attracts good crowd
20 stalls covered everything from recycling books to creating alternatives to plastics.
Contaminated water and waste at Ruakākā site removed since last year
Site operators to be billed once clean-up sorted in Ruakākā.
New plastic bans target cutlery, meat trays, takeaway containers
Days of plastic cutlery, PVC meat trays and polystyrene takeaway containers now numbered.
Compostable cups: The idea's great but what's the reality?
Waste experts believe most compostable cups probably end up in landfill.