Recycling
Making money from scrap metal
More Aucklanders are turning to scrap metal yards to make ends meet. Audio
Low-cost posts for farms and no landfill charges for vineyards
A start-up in Marlborough is busy repurposing damaged vineyard posts, that were used to hold up the canopy, into sustainable posts for farm fencing. Audio
New recycling rules: No milk bottle tops and aerosol cans
Milk bottle tops and aerosol cans are now a "no" for the recycle bin. But pizza boxes are fine, just take the pizza out. New recycling rules came into effect on the 1st of February. Are we complying… Audio
Old recycling system binned as standardisation rolled out nationwide
Finally, there is consensus on recycling, or almost. Audio
The Week in Detail: Tiny homes, mental health awareness, and Afghan refugees
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Coming up
Recycling the wrong ideas about climate change
Recycling is not the beginning nor end when it comes to climate change. In fact, it comes way down the list of things you can personally do to help save the planet. Audio
Should soft plastics be collected in kerbside recycling?
You might know someone who's a diligent recycler, and makes sure their soft plastics are bagged up and dropped at their designated supermarket bin. But for many, plastic waste like chip packets, bread… Video, Audio
Recycling expert: What can and can't go in the bin?
Last night we brought you the story of rubbish recyling in Auckland and by that we mean the litany of crimes concealed in our recyle bins, because we are not quite sure of the rules. Auckland council… Video, Audio
The Week in Detail: Gang towns, Prigozhin, and single-use plastics
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Kicking the single-use plastic habit
This weekend, the next phase of New Zealand's ongoing fight against single-use plastics comes into effect. But do we need to re-think our attitudes towards all waste? Audio
Govt announces plan for single recycling service across NZ
The government has announced a new recycling project to prevent 45,000 tonnes of carbon emissions by 2035.
The initiative aims to have a single recycling service around the country, and to eventually… Video, Audio
Upcycling textiles taking off
In January last year, a clothing recycling company diverted 11 kilograms of unwanted textiles from the landfill. Last month they saved 11 tonnes. Jeff Vollebregt is the director of Upparel, he speaks… Audio
Discarded hazardous household items causing rubbish and recycling truck fires
Concern is mounting about potentially life-threatening situations with rubbish and recycling truck fires are on the rise. In Auckland alone, there's been a particular spike in the last 18 months, with… Audio
Zincovery: The Kiwi startup seeking to green up zinc industry
Zinc is widely used to galvanise steel and iron, putting a protective layer over it to make the metals non-corrosive. But the process creates a lot of waste, and recycling zinc is more… Audio
Junk to treasure: Auckland artists turning waste into art
The adage of one's junk being another's treasure is very much on show at an artist residency project in Auckland, where discarded stuff from the inorganic waste collection is being made into art, or… Video, Audio
The Panel with Chris Wikaira and Julia Hartley-Moore (Part 1)
Today on the Panel Wallace and panellists Chris Wikaira and Julia Hartley-Moore discuss the arrival of the first recorded case of the Omicron subvariant B.Q.1.1 and whether we need a return to an… Audio
Tonnes of masks diverted from landfill in new initiative
With most people having discarded their mask now that the rules are almost completely over, lots of them have ended up as landfill or litter. But the country's largest mask manufacturer is offering… Video, Audio
Making mask recycling simple
Now that masks are no longer mandatory in most settings, it's timely that company MEO has come up with a way to ensure more of them are recycled than discarded in landfill. Kenneth Leong talks to… Audio
Dunedin distillery turns bread into gin
Like water into wine, Jenny McDonald and Sue Stockwell are turning bread into gin. Dunedin Craft Distillers are the only New Zealand company producing botanical spirits from surplus bread and bakery… Audio
The Christchurch teen making skateboards from plastic bottle tops
Christchurch teenager Neith Absalom has figured out a way to reuse plastic bottle tops by melting them down to make skateboard decks. Despite the success of his business Over The Top Recycling, Neith… Video, Audio