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Greenpeace calls for government to ban plastic drink bottles
While government has announced plans to ban several plastics by 2025, the environmental group says they should go further.
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How a tornado destroyed a factory but couldn't destroy a dream
Dreams of a South Auckland startup ending plastic pollution by turning recycled waste into furniture came to a crashing halt when a devastating tornado tore through its premises, Justin Latif reports.
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How can e-commerce reduce its environmental footprint?
A trans-Tasman panel explores how e-commerce can operate in an environmentally sustainable way. Paul Barclay hosts this ABC discussion with experts from NZ and Australia. Audio
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Anti-plastic campaigners and plastic producers find fault with government scheme
Anti-plastic campaigners and plastic producers are both critical of the four-year plan to phase out the harmful packaging, saying it falls short on plastic bottles and PVC. Audio
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Supermarket chain supports plastic ban plan
A key supermarket chain is onboard with new rules banning many types of disposable plastics but there is a problem.
Countdown's general manager of sustainability Kiri Hannifin says while the… Audio
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Plastics NZ surprised government not harsher on PVC packaging
Plastics NZ says it's surprised the government hasn't been harsher on PVC packaging, in its plan to rid the country of hard-to-recycle plastics.
But it says it's relieved the government has listened… Audio
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Government announces bans on some plastic items
The government has announced plans to ban some plastic products by July 2025.
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Photographer and sculptor Melissa Macleod
When she's not in her studio, Christchurch artist Melissa Macleod can be found foraging coastal flower seeds around New Brighton. She takes the seeds home and cultivates them in a greenhouse before… Audio, Gallery
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'Overwhelming': Shipwreck suspected to be behind plastic beads mystery
An investigation has been launched into whether mysterious plastic beads that have appeared scattered across Tairua Beach could be from the wreck of the Rena, which sank almost 10 years ago. Audio
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Rio Tinto criticised over gifts to Bluff school students
The contents of goodie bags given to Bluff school children has led to Rio Tinto's attitude to the environment being called into question again.
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'Every time we poison the river, we poison ourselves' - Teen waka ama paddler
In a stirring speech in Gisborne on Thursday night, Horouta Waka Hoe club paddler Mairangi Campbell described the impact of pollution on young people using the Waimatā River.
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Retired supermarket worker blames pharmacies for danger
A recently retired supermarket worker with more than 40 years experience, believes adding pharmacies to stores has increased the danger faced by staff.
Anne Coulthard has worked in supermarkets in… Audio
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Rubbish recycling behaviour
Residents in Ōtautahi are having their recycling bin privileges revoked if they don't follow the rules about what rubbish should be put in them, which contaminates the recycling plant. Gina Dempster… Audio
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Sustainable wool research programme backed by government
The government is backing a sustainable wool research programme which it hopes will generate better returns for farmers and keep carpet production in New Zealand.
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Fact or fishy? Netflix's Seaspiracy film
A documentary about the fishing industry's impact on sea life and the oceans has caused a lot of debate. BBC's Reality Check team takes a deep dive to find the truth.
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Honest Wolf: three bags full
Sam and Sophie Hurley are third generation sheep farmers, at Papanui Estate half an hour out of Hunterville in the Rangitikei. Their wool used to be rolled out for carpets, but with the recent… Audio
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Covid-19: Schools prepare for lockdown ahead of reopening
Schools have not even reopened for the year and they are already preparing emergency plans for dealing with another lockdown.
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Marshall Islands destroy record cocaine haul
Marshall Islands police have destroyed over 635 kilogrammes of cocaine after the cache of drugs drifted into a remote atoll.
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Ponsonby Intermediate fire: asbestos debris warning
Residents living near Ponsonby Intermediate are being told to take care after asbestos was discovered in the roof of a building that caught fire.
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Shoring up salad supply
At the height of the season Gisborne's Leaderbrand can churn out 90,000 packets of salad a day Audio
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Francesca Goodman-Smith: tackling supermarket food waste
26 year old Francesca Goodman-Smith is on a mission to tackle New Zealand's food waste problem. Working for Foodstuffs, one of the country's biggest supermarket chains, she's designed an award-winning… Audio
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Restrictions stymie re-use of industrial-purpose plastic bags
A big user of industrial-size plastic bags has found a way to re-use them, helping stem the dumping of thousands of bags each year into landfills.
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Flexi-tank user finds way to reuse them
A big user of industrial-size plastic bags has found a way to re-use them, helping stem the dumping of thousands of bags each year into landfills.
Bureaucracy at the wharf is standing in the way of… Audio
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Schools advised not to practise offender lockdowns with students
In new guidance to schools, the Ministry of Education also says teachers cannot stop parents taking their children from classrooms during emergency lockdowns.
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Waikato dump fire burning since August: Locals report health problems
A long-burning, foul-smelling underground fire at a Waikato rubbish dump has forced the creation of a rare multi-agency group.