Let's settle this: Which is better, a real or fake Christmas tree?
What kind of tree will you be standing around this year - and is it the kindest for the planet?
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Community Scoop » Minister to speak on climate change at Strengthening Communities Hui
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Community Scoop » Zero Waste Groups Challenge Biogas Report Claims
Press Release – Zero Waste Network A group of zero waste and regenerative horticulture advocates are challenging a recent report on the potential of biogas production for New Zealand. The group is concerned that the report advocates major investment in an organic waste processing … A group of zero waste and regenerative horticulture advocates are challenging a recent report on the potential of biogas production for New Zealand. The group is concerned that the report advocates major investment in an organic waste processing technology that risks locking-in current industrial agricultural...
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Environment advocates challenge government report
Zero-waste advocates say a government-funded report into the merits of biogas lacks balance, is shortsighted, and risks crowding out more effective renewable energy projects. The study shows organic waste from kitchens and farms can broken down into biogas and turned into biomethane. Photo: 123RF / Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye Last week, a government-backed study found that 4 percent of the country's energy-related emissions could be avoided by switching to low-emitting, renewable alternatives. It said this could be done through anaerobic digestion (AD), whereby organic waste from the kitch...
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Coalition Pushes For A Comprehensive Container Return Scheme
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...
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