Aotearoa’s recycling standardisation – what does it mean for you?
On 1st February 2024, New Zealand’s new recycling standards came into effect, which means kiwis are now following the same guidelines for which items can and can’t go into their…
Style at a Cost: The Toll of Overproduction in the Fashion Industry
Over the past six years I have seen the growth, passion, and commitment from the business world to ‘do the right thing’, and take responsibility for their impact on the…
Conscious Gifting: A Sustainable Christmas Gift Guide
Somehow it’s already that time of year again - there’s Santa-themed chocolate in the supermarkets, retail stores are blasting Christmas carols, and advertisements are popping up everywhere to encourage us…
How your organisation can engage in Plastic-free July
With #plasticfreejuly just around the corner, we wanted to share some ideas around what businesses could do to get involved. From small changes around the office through to the redesign…
Conscious Gifting
It’s that time of year again, when advertisements start popping up encouraging you to buy the new, most popular toy for your small ones or the latest nifty time-saving gadget…
What An Opportunity We Now Have.
What an opportunity we now have in our hands. I know that a lot of New Zealanders are going through some really hard and stressful times because of this…
They’ve Got This Wrong – It’s Not Waste To Divert It’s Food For Our Soils.
With the recent announcement by Auckland Council that they will be using an Anaerobic Digestor (AD) to process the unwanted food collected kerbside from Auckland households for the next 20…
Compostable Packaging Is Part Of Our Sustainable Future
I am frustrated with the recent media coverage around the topic of compostable packaging because the compostable plastics aren’t being differentiated from the other compostable packaging materials. A matter…
Dear Gareth
Dear Gareth I hope this finds you well. I just read your opinion piece in Stuff titled ‘Have we been blinded by the success of the plastic bag…
Electrical Tape at Ellerslie AFC – A Report
Electrical Tape is a commonly used material in the sport of football for the purpose of holding a players shin-guards in place, and/or holding their socks up. Each and every…