Rubbish

New Zealanders are generating record amounts of waste, despite promises from the government that it would turn our rubbish habits around. Video, Audio

West Coast residents are continuing to grapple with the aftermath of flooding -- a week after the region was hit by record-breaking rainfall. Video, Audio

Decades worth of rubbish is washing up on West Coast beaches following bad weather. Heavy rain eroded the Fox landfill, so waste from it is flowing into the Fox River.  Audio

Rubbish, damaged clothing and broken items are just some of the 'donations' charity stores are spending thousands of dollars a year to dump. Visual Journalist Rebekah Parsons-King and reporter… Video, Audio

NIWA freshwater scientist Amanda Valois is co-opting citizen scientists to work out where plastic rubbish in streams is coming from. Audio

Veena Sahajwalla is the inventor of green steel and a Professor of Materials Science in the Faculty of Science at the University of New South Wales. She talks to Kathryn about revolutionising… Video, Audio, Gallery

Community groups descend on Wellington's south coast each spring to pick up rubbish - including lots of plastic and cigarette butts. Audio

They're small in isolation, but when added up stickers from fruit are leaving a massive environmental footprint. Zac Fleming meets a man who is on a crusade to change that. Video, Audio

Whanganui man Karl Fulton was shocked to see an SUV drive along the beach and a man dump a load of rubbish right into the sea. It contained razor blades, old steel handrails and plastic bottles… Audio

Competition could be hotting up for Aucklanders household rubbish, as commercial collectors jockey for a bigger role in the council's waste management plans. The lobbying is fiercest in the largely… Audio

Higher rates and fewer rubbish collections in Auckland have protestors up in arms. Audio

Campaigns on single-use plastic bags often target retailers but the Bags Not initiative is looking to change shoppers’ behaviour, as James Blackwood explains. Audio

Auckland's unathorised tips. Audio

Environmental charity Sustainable Coastlines hit West Auckland beaches for four hours on Saturday. It was an event tied up with singer Jack Johnson's visit - his "All At Once" community is a social… Audio

NZers are sending more waste to the dump. Teresa Cowie asks why and explores whether there are bigger,undetected issues Video, Audio