Rubbish or good idea? Residents weigh in on kerbside collection changes
Locals divided on changes: some support, others worry about fewer red bin collections.
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Rotorua food and green waste collection to start next year
What it will cost eligible households.
Why Auckland Council confiscated more than 100 recycling bins
At least two warnings were served on households before the bins were taken away.
Opinion: We're wasting our waste when it could be powering our economy
OPINION: Our waste per capita levels are high and recycling low, but progress is possible.
Are there more flies this summer?
Noticed an increase in flies this season? You are not alone.
Community group which helps up to 100 a day appeals for new home
The Clothing Sheds and Aroha Gardens offers clothes and kai to up to 100 people a day.
'Not enough evidence' that incinerator would be positive for community, mayor says
Waipā District Council prepares feedback on Te Awamutu waste-to-energy plant.
Prime Minister comfortable living by new radioactive waste facility
A facility for storing all of the country's radioactive waste has been built in Manawatū.
NZ's secret radioactive waste facility
The storage facility, made with concrete and steel, was kept secret at the request of the Health Ministry. Video / Ben Dickens Graphics / Corey Fleming
What can you do with your vege scraps?
From inventive pesto to DIY crisps, Nikki Birrell recommends getting creative.
Watch: Secret radioactive waste facility built; neighbours 'horrified' they weren't told
The Health Ministry argues the facility was built in secret due to 'national security'.
Simon and Paula Herbert buy into NZX-listed WasteCo
New move from couple with holdings in marina, data centre and dredging sectors.
Hip hip poo-ray, it’s World Toilet Day!
Reporter Noelle is down in the dumps at Māngere Wastewater Treatment Plant to get to the bottom of what happens to our poo when it goes down the loo.
Car 'saves the day' after truck rolls down steep Wellington hill
A large truck has come off a notoriously windy road in the capital.
For or against waste-to-energy plant: Submissions due by December 18
Time running out to submit to EPA on Te Awamutu's waste-to-energy plant.
Beyond Soap founder on making sustainability affordable
Charlene Fitisemanu talks to Tom Raynel about her sustainable soap business Beyond.
Presentation to offer wastewater discharge solutions for Raglan
Council proposal has been put together after years of community consultation and research.
'Greed can't come before safety': Mum of dead worker on boss' $4m deal with police
Lawyers negotiated a deal after police opened case in seven-week trial earlier this week.
Auckland Council defers fortnightly rubbish collections for trial and more consultation
Fortnightly rubbish collections have been delayed until 2028 at the earliest.
Grey council asks ministry to investigate dump above water supply
Grey district mayor: 'Who builds a dump above a water supply these days?'
Ōmarunui Landfill to accept 4000 tonnes of Wairoa's rubbish annually
'We’re very grateful because we found ourselves in a corner.'
Stock Takes: Oliver Mander's new NZSA role
Plus: WasteCo's covenant breach, Tower's new horizons and Napier Port pain.
'Crap to cash': Start-up nominated for breakthrough technology
The significance of these achievements is "massive".
Stink over sewage from Auckland housing development goes to court
Watercare plans to truck sewage away at three other housing developments.
New sewerage pipe connecting prison to council treatment plant
The Department of Corrections project has an overall cost of around $14 million.
Gisborne's DrainWise programme hailed a success by mayor
Gisborne's DrainWise scheme hailed for boosting sewage system capacity during wet weather.
Council holds firm on rural recycling
Councillors voted 7-6 to keep the service as is until at least next year.
Aviary back on council agenda
A community group could get the go-ahead to operate the facility.
Bruce Cotterill: Luxon’s tough talk to councils — no more magic money tree
OPINION: PM tells councils to focus on basics, not 'laundry list of distractions'.
Waste-to-energy plant application called in by Environment Minister
The plant is proposed to be built in Te Awamutu.
Waste water from 300 Auckland homes trucked off-site to pumping station
Waste water from 300 homes in Auckland the Red Hills development gets trucked off-site to a pumping station. Video / Jason Oxenham
Surprise findings: What Kiwis really think about ‘poo transplants’
Researchers surprised to find most Kiwis know about them - and would have one.
Asbestos found in landfill used to recycle concrete
Concrete recycling at the site has been put on hold. The landfill remains open.
Opinion: Nations, corporations leading us into an unsustainable future – Dr Daniel Hikuroa
OPINION: Māori are responsible for ensuring the viability of land and resources.