Groundbreaking global report says zero waste an essential part of any climate plan
The release of a groundbreaking international report, Zero Waste to Zero Emissions: How Waste Reduction is a Climate Gamechanger, says that at the global scale the two main sources of GHGs from the waste sector are methane from organics in landfill and CO2 from burning… More >
Communities stand against incineration and for zero waste
The Zero Waste Network Aotearoa (ZWN) and community groups opposing incinerators and waste-to-energy will be demonstrating outside of the Local Government New Zealand Conference in Palmerston North against the building of new waste incinerators and for a zero waste future on Thursday 21 July from… More >
Waste hearings begin in Feilding
Resource consent hearings for a hotly contested waste-to-energy pyrolysis plant are being heard in Feilding this week. The public hearings concern a proposal to use mixed solid waste in a waste-to-energy plant that will produce toxic char and dirty emissions. The Zero Waste Network Aotearoa… More >
Groups support beverage return scheme but say milk must be included
The Zero Waste Network and The Kiwi Bottle Drive commend the government’s Container Return Scheme proposal for the breadth of materials included (plastic, aluminum, glass and liquid packaging board) but say excluding fresh milk containers gives the dairy industry an advantage and is unfair to… More >
Zero Waste welcomes announcement on container return
Container Return Scheme “We are thrilled about today’s container return scheme (CRS) announcement. We congratulate the Minister on the work he and his team at the Ministry for the Environment have done. We’ve advocated for a CRS for 20 years. It is a major positive… More >
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