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Business mystified by govt's lack of interest in recycling initiative
The country's biggest bulk wine supplier is turning gigantic flexibags into plastic fenceposts but the manufacturer says lack of government funding is barring the way from doing more.
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Battle of Ziploc trademark settled in Supreme Court
A long-running dispute over who has the right to trademark the word Ziploc in New Zealand has finally been settled by the Supreme Court.
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MIQ guests concerned about food plastic waste
Disposable containers from millions of meals have gone straight to landfill from the country's managed isolation and quarantine hotels. To reduce the handling of waste or dishes and potential spread… Audio
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'Hidden story' of industrial-sized plastic bladders going to landfills
Huge plastic bladders, each weighing as much as 20,000 plastic bags, are being dumped in landfills with no controls and no record-keeping.
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'Hidden story' of industrial-sized plastic bladders going to landfills
Huge plastic bladders, each weighing as much as 20,000 plastic bags, are being dumped in landfills with no controls and no record-keeping.
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Plastic bladders being dumped in landfills with no controls
Huge plastic bladders each weighing as much as 20,000 plastic bags are being dumped in landfills with no controls.
Government and other agencies are largely blind to the growing problem of flexi… Audio
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Vanuatu aims to ban disposable nappies by end of year
Vanuatu is looking to ban disposable nappies by the end of the year.
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Grey District considers tighter freedom camping rules
The Grey District mayor is pushing for new rules on freedom camping and thinks the whole country should follow suit.
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'NZers have had enough' - ethical marketing expert on greenwashing
A TV ad that implied customers could access renewable power if they switched to Meridian Energy has been ordered off air after the Advertising Standards Authority ruled it made unsubstantiated… Video, Audio
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Meridian ad ordered off TV over misleading environmental claims
A Meridian Energy TV ad featuring the trials of a Kiwi 'eco-hero' has been ordered off-air after it was found to make misleading environmental claims.
Rival power company Electric Kiwi complained to… Video, Audio
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Man sentenced for role importing more than 100 kg of meth
An Australian man who admitted possessing more than 100kg methamphetamine for supply has been sentenced to 14 years and sevens months' imprisonment.
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Covid infection traced back to rubbish bin
The Ministry of Health has identified a rubbish bin as the probable source of a recent Covid-19 case - a similar event to the case of a worker in Auckland who was infected by a lift button.
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Labour promises to phase out hard-to-recycle plastics
The Labour Party is promising to phase out hard-to-recycle plastics by 2025 and standardise kerbside recycling if re-elected.
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Labour promises to phase out hard-to-recycle plastics
The Labour Party is promising to phase out hard-to-recycle plastics by 2025 and standardise kerbside recycling if re-elected.
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A museum dedicated to plastic bags has opened in Scotland
A museum dedicated to plastic bags has opened in Scotland. Curator of the museum, Katrina Cobain talks to the Panel about why she's decided to pay tribute to plastic bags. Audio
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Litter still tangled in the banks of Mangaore Stream
Shredded plastic seen tangled in the banks of a stream in the Manawatū may be coming from an old landfill, but the district council says it won't know for sure until summer.
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Calling Home: Mark Coles on the Sunshine Coast
These days cricket coach Mark Coles calls the Sunshine Coast home, but this time last year he was on the other side of the world coaching the Pakistan women's team and living under armed guard. Audio
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Plan to phase out hard-to-recycle PVC, polystrene and single-use plastics
Plastic cotton buds, sushi trays, straws and tableware are all on the chopping block as part of the latest government plan to reduce waste.
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For the love of potatoes
Our expert segment today is all about the vegetable we spend more money on than any other. Audio
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Plans to reduce waste released by government
The levy rate for landfills that take household waste will increase over four years from $10 a tonne to $60, and council rubbish bags will cost about 25 cents more.
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The busy, busy Parliament
The year’s half gone, but Parliament is just about done. Done what, you ask? We consider how much and what the 52nd Parliament has achieved. Audio
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Awatere River landfill spill: Council defends itself over earlier red flags
The Gisborne District Council says it did enough to monitor a dump that has since spilled into Awatere River, despite community outcry.
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Locals want old dump site removed from Te Araroa
An old dump site in Te Araroa which has been spewing out rubbish into the Awatere river is now contained, but the situation has renewed calls from locals to have the dump removed from the area for… Audio
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Rubbish spill with 'toxic chemicals' at sacred river remains unsolved
A former Department of Conservation ranger and Ngāti Porou descendant fears rubbish from an old landfill near the Awatere River on the East Cape could find its way out to the sea if a solution isn't…
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Best of First Up for Wednesday 1 July
Audio 1 Jul 2020On the pod today: skullduggery and subterfuge a normal part of the America's Cup; we meet a New Zealand business based out of Western Australia and it's been one year since single use plastic bags… Audio