14 Jun 2019

Guidelines to stop companies "greenwashing"

From Afternoons, 1:37 pm on 14 June 2019

Plastic packaging is so NOT HOT right now ... and of course, businesses are keen to show people they're moving AWAY from wastage , and towards more environmentally friendly packaging ...

But are these new products ACTUALLY better for the environment, or the same old stuff dressed up with buzzwords?

Chris Purchas works for WasteMINZ - which has released some guidelines for the advertising of compostable products and packaging and joins us to talk about it.

Soft plastic packaging recycling bin

Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller