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Last year Digital Wings diverted 187.3 tonnes of e-waste destined for landfill back into the community as working computers.  Audio

Inspired to to something to help refugees on the Greek Island of Samos, The Tentcollectors are gathering up left-behind tents, sleeping bags and mats left behind and sending them off to Samos. Audio

A new national landfill levy scheme could increase six fold in just a few years, with some experts saying it should be even higher. The government is proposing to increase the current levy from 10… Audio

The government is proposing boosts to the cost of dumping waste, in an effort to reduce the amount of rubbish going in landfills.

Under a proposal announced on Wednesday morning, the landfill levy… Video, Audio

Work is well underway on a large rockwall aimed at protecting a dump above Fox Glacier township. The same dump released tonnes of rubbish during a storm earlier this year, sparking a clean up effort… Audio

There are concerns a former landfill only metres from Ocean Beach in Dunedin is a environmental time bomb.

The Dunedin City Council will go to the public in coming months to gauge what they want to… Audio

Fionna Gotts runs sustainable waste management company Junk Run which specialises in innovative, environmentally-friendly and responsible junk and rubbish removal and repurposing in Auckland. Awarded… Audio

The Defence Force is sending two heavy trucks and deploying up to 70 more people on the West Coast to help remove garbage from a spilt landfill.

Heavy rain washed out a West Coast landfill near Fox… Audio

The Conservation Minister has slammed the Westland District Council for not having the cash to sort out the litter-ridden Fox River and warns the Department of Conservation shouldn't be relied on to… Audio

The Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage says local councils shouldn't expect her department will come to their rescue if they run into problems with old landfills.

She says while DOC is now running… Audio

The Department of Conservation has now taken the reins from Westland District Council as the lead agency co-ordinating the clean-up of the Fox and Cook riverbeds polluted by the wash out of an old… Audio

Every year 50,000 tonnes of food is chucked out by cafes, restaurant, and supermarkets. Most of this food is still good to eat. A new app, Foodprint, has been created to rescue that food and save… Audio

The next time you're walking along Queen Street in downtown Auckland, cast your eyes to the Town Hall. There's an extraordinary gift of love adorning one of the city's historic buildings - and… Audio

The clean-up continues on the West Coast after a flooded Fox River uncovered an old landfill, washing rubbish downstream and on to kilometres of coastline. While much of the rubbish has been cleaned… Audio

A small community in the very north of Auckland is preparing for battle against an international company that wants to build a huge rubbish tip. Waste Management is 80 percent owned by the Chinese… Audio

The Greens have announced plans to crack down on the amount of waste New Zealand produces. At its annual AGM in Palmerston North at the weekend, Associate Minister for the Environment, Eugenie Sage… Audio

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Calls to increase New Zealand's waste levy could see the cost of taking rubbish to the tip increase four-fold. Head of Local Government New Zealand Dave Cull tells Kathryn Ryan… Audio

An Auckland university is urging staff and students to put some plastics straight into rubbish bins as it is no longer able to find anywhere to recycle them. New Zealand recyclers have been struggling… Audio

Nearly 2500 calves and yearlings were slaughtered and dumped at the privately-owned AB Lime landfill between Winton and Browns, in Southland. The meat is perfectly fine for human consumption. Audio

With a number of Pacific countries banning plastic bags in response to plastic litter pollution in the ocean, Samoa continues to face a dilemma on how to manage their waste. Audio

A Dunedin cat owner is heart broken after learning her cat was probably disposed of in the local rubbish dump. Audio