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Monday, 19 April 2021, 9:42 am A coalition of organisations and businesses are collecting signatories to an open letter urging Environment Minister David Parker to introduce a comprehensive beverage container return scheme. Zero Waste Network spokesperson Marty Hoffart says a container return scheme which excluded specific beverage containers, such as glass bottles, would not work. It has to be comprehensive to be effective. “The Government has invested 18 months of work into figuring out how a container return scheme would work, but unfortunately vested industry groups are pushing hard to...

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:36 am, February 4th, 2021 - 73 comments Holy hell. Because they are coming out with the most outlandishly stupid stuff. Like Paora Goldsmith who thinks that as part of New Zealand history our kids should be educated about how Smith and Caugheys developed their business model, rather than how the Treaty of Waitangi and the subsequent egregious breaches are fundamental parts of our history that have shaped Aotearoa New Zealand society. New Zealand’s first draft plan to teach our o...

Wednesday, 3 February 2021, 8:54 am | Zero Waste Network Aotearoa “Waste reduction, reuse and resource recovery will become mainstream in New Zealand as we commit to being carbon neutral by 2050” says Sue Coutts of the Zero Waste Network. “The Climate Commission’s draft report recognises the key role that ... More >> Sunday, 8 November 2020, 4:11 pm | Zero Waste Network Aotearoa Campaigning to stop waste incinerators and the beauty and functionality of zero waste design wrapped up the final day of Our Zero Waste World Summit , a free international digital conference hosted by th...

Press Release – Zero Waste Network Aotearoa Waste reduction, reuse and resource recovery will become mainstream in New Zealand as we commit to being carbon neutral by 2050 says Sue Coutts of the Zero Waste Network. The Climate Commissions draft report recognises the key role that … “Waste reduction, reuse and resource recovery will become mainstream in New Zealand as we commit to being carbon neutral by 2050” says Sue Coutts of the Zero Waste Network. “The Climate Commission’s draft report recognises the key role that waste reduction, reuse, resource recovery and diverting organi...