Plastics
Call for clothing industry to have product stewardship scheme
The clothing and textiles industry is among the world's worst carbon-emitters - now the government is being urged to consider bringing textile recycling within its product stewardship scheme… Audio
The hidden costs of streaming music
In his book, Decomposed: The Political Ecology of Music, Kyle Devine examines the hidden or overlooked costs of online listening. Devine wants people to understand that there is no such thing as a… Audio
Government moves to regulate harmful waste
Producers of plastic packaging, e-waste, paint, tyres, farm plastics, refrigerants and agrichemicals will soon be required to to take environmental responsibility for their products at the end of… Audio
Is recycling always better than starting from scratch?
Sustainability business Thinkstep ANZ says we all need to know more about the recycling process. Audio
NZ plastic waste exports burned not recycled?
There are claims that some NZ plastic waste shipped to Malaysia to be on sold, is in fact being burned and causing contamination of villages. Lay Peng Pua is an environmental activist from Jenjarom in… Audio, Gallery
The rights to water: Robin Kundis Craig
Professor Robin Kundis Craig has made it her life's mission to know about all things water - especially how water intersects with law, but also the relationship between climate change and water; water… Audio
Plastic in NZ waters: 'We can only control a segment of it'
The vast lack of knowledge about the main contributors to plastic in New Zealand's waters has been highlighted at Parliament today.
Dateline Pacific morning edition for 26 June 2018
A phone helpline for women experiencing violence in Papua New Guinea says thousands have used the service but the problem continues to affect nearly every woman in the country at some point during her… Audio
Samoa to join other Pacific countries in battle against plastic
Samoa will become the latest country to ban all single-use plastics from January. Audio
Veronica Stevenson - The solitary Australian bee that could
A bioplastic modelled on the nest material of a tiny native Australian bee could replace some regular plastic in aviation, electrical and construction products. Audio
New Zealand turns tide on plastic production
New Zealand is turning the tide on the production and use of plastic in a bid to help clean up the oceans. Some scientists estimate that if nothing is done, by 2050, all the plastic in the ocean will… Audio
Huge plastic pollution at Oriental Bay - Te Matau o Maui
Māori voyagers have sailed the length of the North Island trawling plastics and say they've never come across a beach as polluted as Wellington's Oriental Bay. The team of Te Matau o Maui joined… Audio
The near-indestructible plastic bag
Trisia Farrelly of Massey University discusses measures being taken to rid us of the plastic bag scourge and what she thinks of New World supermarket's campaign. Audio
'It's time to levy plastic bags' - local councils
Councils around the country want a levy on single-use plastic bags and are calling on the government to step up and impose one. They say the country's landfills are clogged with the non-biodegradable… Audio
Cleaning Up Our Coastlines
After more than a decade of cleaning up Auckland's waterways and removing 22 shipping containers full of rubbish, the Sea Cleaners Trust is ready to tackle the rest of our coastline. Audio
Love-Ese Chile: biodegradable plastics
New Zealand graduate student working with Professor Parisa Mehrkhodavandi in the Department of Chemistry at the University of British Columbia, researching biodegradable plastics. Audio
Scientists recreate the origins of life using a laser
Dr Chris Smith with science news and recreating the chemical building blocks of life using a laser in the lab. Audio
Five trillion pieces of plastic clog oceans
A just finished six year study has found there are more than 5 trillion pieces of plastic floating in the world's oceans. Audio