Recycling, packaging and waste
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Beer by-products used in 3D printing
Cold brews are providing raw materials (and inspiration) for creatives.
Tiny grains of plastic outlawed
Ban on microbeads in cosmetics.
How much rubbish can you find in two hours?
Inspiring project by Aucklander removes 25,000 pieces of coastal trash.
Supermarket goes off the grid
You know there’s hope for the environment when big business starts taking climate change, waste and energy issues as seriously as the giant supermarket chain Sainsbury’s. The UK firm has just disconnected its first supermarket ...
Recycling plan gives new life to used toothbrushes
A new 'Oral Care Brigade' makes it a whole lot easier to recycle your old toothbrushes
Wear it and share it
Imagine being able to make money from all the beautiful, unused clothes in your wardrobe – while helping the environment at the same time.
A month without a rubbish bin
Last year the Unwin family tried living waste free for 30 days. Felicity Monk finds out how they got on.
Cashless in the Catlins
Otago recyclers opt for sharing over dumping.
Supermarket turning waste into watts
Instead of sending its rotten unsold food to landfill, a US supermarket chain has started using it to generate electricity.
Sustainability to stay alive
New York City is investing $5 billion in eco-friendly improvements to its waste system that have already been credited with preventing 800 deaths from air pollution each year.