Rubbish
Plastic rubbish collects on pristine uninhabited Pacific island
Pacific world heritage site revealed as having the highest density of plastic rubbish in the world. Audio
Another rubbish story
Wheelie bins, bags, recycling bins, garden waste bins. Matthew Luxon tells us how it's possible to have a zero-waste household. Audio
Junk Run: saving stuff from the landfill
Junk Run is an Auckland rubbish collection business where the end goal is to recycle and repurpose rubbish into treasure... and it seems to be working. Audio, Gallery
Young visionaries and the future of fashion
If you want to know what the future of fashion looks like it pays to keep an eye on emerging designers who create without boundaries. Sonia Sly meets emerging designers from around the world to find… Audio
Robotic rubbish rescue: cleaning our seas
One way to keep birds and other animals safe from plastic rubbish is to collect it before they have a chance to eat it. The Waste Shark is a car-sized robotic catamaran that collects rubbish in a net… Audio
Why are our seabirds eating plastic?
Loads of plastic rubbish finds its way into the sea every year and seabirds are hunting it out and eating it, fooled into thinking it's food by the way it smells. Matt Savoca of the University of… Audio
Tracking wheelie bins
Christchurch is starting to track its half a million rubbish bins. The council is fitting all of its wheelie bins with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags.Tim Joyce of Christchurch City Council… Audio, Gallery
Study of dead seabirds finds a third had eaten rubbish
A new Australian study which found a third of dead seabirds studies had eaten rubbish, including plastics, polystyrene, rubber, balloons and fishing gear. The study, done jointly by researchers at the… Audio
Waste Crime
Waste crime in the European Union is big business, illegal dumping is estimated to be worth at least 900 million dollars a year. Kathryn Ryan speaks to Jim Baird, a professor of waste and resource… Audio
800 Wellington homes blacklisted from using recycling bags
If you're in the habit of sneaking a bit of rubbish into your recycling bag, be warned - you're likely to be black listed. Audio
Auckland Council and Housing NZ grapple with rubbish
Housing New Zealand has fenced off a mountain of rubbish and brought in a security guard to make sure no one else dumps junk on a piece of land it owns in South Auckland. Audio
Marae recycle away waste in Waikato
A recycling kaupapa is being credited for diverting 60 tonnes of waste from marae in Waikato away from landfills.
Call to move from landfill to incineration
A new book on New Zealand's waste says rubbish has doubled in the past 50 years - and the rate is unsustainable. Audio
Junk Food: plastic pollution is a growing threat to seabirds
A new study says that 90% of the world's seabirds ingest plastic, and those seabirds that feed in the Tasman Sea are most at risk from plastic Audio
Junk Food: plastic pollution is a growing threat to seabirds
A new study says that 90% of the world's seabirds ingest plastic, and those seabirds that feed in the Tasman Sea are most at risk from plastic
AudioMelbourne council proposes fines for leaving bins out
Residents of a Melbourne district could be fined 5-hundred dollars if they leave their rubbish and recycling bins out on the roadside for too long. Audio
Junkyard planet
In his book 'Junkyard Planet' Adam Minter looks into the massive global business of rubbish and recycling. We also do the rounds with scrap metal collector Aidan Bognuda of Ingot Metals. Audio
Reducing Household Waste
Four Palmerston North households have had their rubbish and recycling under a spotlight as part of a waste minimisation study Audio
Reducing Household Waste
Four Palmerston North households have had their rubbish and recycling under a spotlight as part of a waste minimisation study
AudioReducing Household Waste
Four Palmerston North households have had their rubbish and recycling under a spotlight as part of a waste minimisation study Audio
