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 >