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Victorious Update! Reefton Celebrates

This month, we’ve got a great update in the West Coast incinerator story. Last month, we told you about the proposed West Coast waste incinerator that seemed to be moving down the track to becoming a reality.  Lo and behold, the application to store waste in… More >

Expert Responses on Global Climate Report

World leading experts have responded to the Global Climate Report New Zealand Members of the World Meterological Organisation have issued their professional responses to the 2018 Global Climate Report, and these stress the need for us to redouble our efforts to achieve a Zero Waste future.… More >

Vacancy: Innovative Waste Kaikōura Director(s)

Founded in the late 1990’s Innovative Waste Kaikoura is a small, dynamic organisation that plays a critical role in Kaikoura’s community, service infrastructure and natural environment. Committed to a future where waste is sustainably managed and innovatively diverted from landfill, the team need new guiding… More >

Take Action to Tackle the Growing Mountains of E-Waste!

Many of the Zero Waste community will be all too aware of the mountains of e-waste piling up around the country. E-waste covers anything with a battery or a plug – so it will come as little surprise that New Zealand generates 98,000 tonnes a… More >

Burning up the West Coast with a proposed incinerator

Alarmingly, a proposed large waste incinerator in Westport is moving ahead.  This facility would burn 300,000 tonne per annum of waste including medical, industrial, building and municipal wastes including paint, tyres and treated timber that is trucked and shipped in from both the North and… More >