Plastics

Efforts to secure a global treaty to cap plastic pollution failed at a meeting of almost 200 countries in Busan, South Korea, this week. Audio

The clothing and textiles industry is among the world's worst carbon-emitters - now the government is being urged to consider bringing textile recycling within its product stewardship scheme… Audio

In his book, Decomposed: The Political Ecology of Music, Kyle Devine examines the hidden or overlooked costs of online listening. Devine wants people to understand that there is no such thing as a… Audio

Producers of plastic packaging, e-waste, paint, tyres, farm plastics, refrigerants and agrichemicals will soon be required to to take environmental responsibility for their products at the end of… Audio

Sustainability business Thinkstep ANZ says we all need to know more about the recycling process. Audio

There are claims that some NZ plastic waste shipped to Malaysia to be on sold, is in fact being burned and causing contamination of villages. Lay Peng Pua is an environmental activist from Jenjarom in… Audio, Gallery

Professor Robin Kundis Craig has made it her life's mission to know about all things water - especially how water intersects with law, but also the relationship between climate change and water; water… Audio

Samoa will become the latest country to ban all single-use plastics from January. Audio

A bioplastic modelled on the nest material of a tiny native Australian bee could replace some regular plastic in aviation, electrical and construction products. Audio

New Zealand is turning the tide on the production and use of plastic in a bid to help clean up the oceans. Some scientists estimate that if nothing is done, by 2050, all the plastic in the ocean will… Audio

Māori voyagers have sailed the length of the North Island trawling plastics and say they've never come across a beach as polluted as Wellington's Oriental Bay. The team of Te Matau o Maui joined… Audio

Trisia Farrelly of Massey University discusses measures being taken to rid us of the plastic bag scourge and what she thinks of New World supermarket's campaign. Audio

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