New Zealand
Thermal receipts can't be recycled - now a man's campaigning to stop the wastage
Walter Breustedt wants businesses to stop automatically printing thermal receipts.
Latest from Plastic Free
Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
'Heartbreaking' spill litters Hauraki Gulf beaches with thousands of plastic beads
Only half of NZ plastic firms use measures to prevent nurdle spills.
How a Kiwi mother and daughter are transforming hygiene with wool
Woolchemy won the Idea Raw Material Achievement Award for neweFibre.
Study links 350,000 heart disease deaths to plastic chemicals in 2018
Phthalates are chemicals added to plastic to make it more stretchy, soft or flexible.
Uber Eats NZ launches green packaging guide for restaurants
It features a unique traffic light system which will rank partners on their packaging.
Major review links microplastics to reproductive, digestive harm
Researchers urge governments to ban single-use plastics immediately.
Ryan Bridge: Supermarkets are price gouging forgetful shoppers with cost of paper bags
OPINION: How much profit are the supermarkets making here?
Scientists just figured out how many chemicals enter our bodies from food packaging
A new study details chemicals finding their way into human bodies from contact with food.
How changing your laundry habits can save you money
Kiwis use more than 39 billion litres of water a year for washing laundry.
Simon Wilson: Climate lessons from the Titanic
OPINION: Titanic is back, with lessons about billionaires and climate change.
The plastic in your food that’s playing havoc with your gut health
From bottled water to tea bags, microplastics are finding their way into our bodies.
Grim discovery in NZ's mountain air
They're tiny, toxic and now, scientists have discovered, blowing in our mountain air.
Microplastics are everywhere - including throughout us
With new studies revealing the reach of microplastics, scientists urge action.
Unlikely 'party favours' you might take from hospital
Many hospitals have a long way to go when it comes to sustainable practices.
Compostable bin liners are so expensive, what can I do?
OPINION: They’re far from the best thing to line your rubbish bin with.
'Astonishing': What scientists discovered about pollution at Auckland beaches
Microplastic pollution at Auckland beaches 50 times worse than elsewhere on NZ's coasts.
Lego ditches oil-free bricks in sustainability setback
Financial Times: Lego says the new material would have a bigger carbon footprint.
Is recycling really a 'fraud'? Plastics NZ boss weighs in on controversial claims
The comments of a Waste Management representative has ruffled feathers.
The 27-year-old Kiwi serial inventor onto his fourth startup sale
Serial inventor says Shear Edge offers new hope for strong wool.
July 1 changes: How life will change for Kiwis from midnight
'Suck a lot of cash out of wallets': Here's what you need to know.
Alarming microplastic figures, harsher penalties for Iran & a sticky situation on SH1 | Focus Morning Bulletin 12 December, 2022
Alarming figures show how much plastic is falling on Auckland, motorists stuck in a sticky situation and how New Zealand’s stepping up its message to the regime in Iran in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Microplastics found in breast milk highlights importance of Treaty
A successful plastic treaty will limit the import and export of plastics.