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New Report: Waste Incineration Drives the Triple Planetary Crisis 

A comprehensive new report “Waste incineration and the Environment” released today finds that burning waste, especially plastics, produces unsustainable and unmanageable hazardous air emissions and large amounts of highly toxic solid residues (ash), concluding that waste incineration is not a solution to the triple planetary… More >

Minister makes right decision on incinerator call-in

“We are pleased that Minister for the Environment Penny Simmonds has called in the resource consent application to build a waste incinerator in Te Awamutu. This is the right decision to ensure all factors are taken into account and that stakeholders have a say,” said… More >

Celebrating our Local Government Members

Tomorrow marks the start of the ‘Super Local’ Local Government New Zealand conference in Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington. We wanted to take the opportunity to celebrate the Zero Waste Network local government members who are doing awesome work towards making Aotearoa waste-free. Local government has an incredibly… More >

Reuse Solutions make zero waste communities

ZWN members are driving awesome community initiatives to shift us out of single-use throwaways – at places like local markets and special community events. We want to celebrate this mahi and grow this movement! We’re keen to hear more about other reuse schemes.   In… More >

Government fails on plastic pollution

As Plastic Free July approaches, the Ministry for the Environment is indicating that the long-awaited third phase of plastics phase-outs has been put on hold. Even if the government decides to go ahead with them again, the start date has been postponed by at least another year,… More >