Recycling
Rescuing timber from the landfill one beam at a time
Robert Scott is saving waste and surplus wood from the building industry from getting bulldozed into the landfill and restoring it for re-use. Audio
Call to increase dump levies
Current waste levies are too low, and significantly boosting them could help create thousands of jobs, a waste action group says.
Calls to raise costs of dumping rubbish
The Waste Action Levy group says increasing the cost of dumping rubbish to $140 per tonne would create 9000 jobs, and boost the country's economy by $500 million dollars a year by 2025. Audio
Mend and make awesome
Fiona is on talk to us about her event down in Dunedin which is about mending things and making them awesome. 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
Inside a zero-waste home
Liam Prince and Hannah Blumhardt have been living zero-waste in Wellington for over two years now. They send nothing to landfill, use no more than one wheelie bin for recycling a year and buy no… Audio
Another rubbish story
Wheelie bins, bags, recycling bins, garden waste bins. Matthew Luxon tells us how it's possible to have a zero-waste household. Audio
Wellington wants feedback on organic waste recycling
A new scheme to collect food scraps and garden waste separately from other rubbish is being proposed for the region.
Pastoral farmers lagging in recycling
A recycling service for farmers is struggling to get pastoral farmers on board to safely dispose of plastic containers and chemicals.
Shoes from trash
Ben Galloway set up Trash Footwear a few years ago in Auckland. He fashions shoes from junk and leftover materials. Audio, Gallery
Recycling: Tim McGurk
Over the summer on The Weekend we've been talking to recyclers and upcyclers, people who like the Wombles, are making good use of the things that they find, things that the everyday folks leave… Audio, Gallery
Car seat recycling saves mass of plastic from landfill
A recycling project that dismantles old car seats has saved thousands of kilos of plastic from the landfill.
Recycling: Sew Love
Sarah Lancaster is a woman who offers people around the country the chance to have a go at sewing. She has kitted out Cecil the campervan with solar panels and sewing machines and materials, and this… Audio, Gallery
Recycling: Upcycling furniture with Jay Blades
In the UK, Jay Blades has established himself as a go to upcycler of classic British furniture - brands like Echol are a particular favourite. Sturdy, unfussy and out of fashion - until Jay gets his… Audio
Juliet Arnott - rekindling Kaikoura
Materials from red-stickered buildings being dismantled in Kaikoura are likely to find a new home rather than ending up in the tip. Locals are so keen to recycle they brought in Juliet Arnott from the… Video, Audio, Gallery
Plastic bags: Free or fee?
Green MP Denise Roche has drafted a bill to introduce a levy on single use plastic bags in a bid to reduce the number of bags which are discarded each year. It's part of her war on waste. But ACT… Audio
Juliet Arnott: waste and re-use
Kim Hill talks to occupational therapist Juliet Arnott, who is the founder and director of Christchurch reuse business Rekindle. She is currently driving the Design for Reuse - Resource: Rise Again… Audio
Innovative recycling initiatives
Kathryn Ryan talks to Hawkes Bay recycling company 3R about some innovative ways to get rid of household waste. Audio
Are we rubbish at recycling?
How much of our kerbside recycling actually gets recycled, and what can we do to improve this? What ends up as landfill often depends on things like contamination, sorting, whether lids are on or off… Audio
