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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 >

Waste Law change robs Peter to pay Paul

Budget 2024 cut $52 million out of core funding for Waste Minimisation work currently underway at the Ministry for the Environment and diverted $178 million in targeted waste levy funds to non-waste and core operational activities. This required an amendment to the Waste Act and… More >

Incinerator proposal a climate time-bomb

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has officially advised Environment Minister Penny Simmonds to ‘call in’ the resource consent application for a large incinerator plant that has been proposed for Te Awamutu. Calling in the proposal would enable climate change impacts to be properly considered when… More >