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 years, I think it is crucially important for the future of this city (and the...
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 of semantics you may say, but it’s really important. It is the compostable plastics that are causing...
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 ban?’ and I felt compelled to reply. Firstly I must be transparent and let you know I am the sustainability...
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 use is for the duration of a football game only (usually 90 minutes), after which it is either...
Why the plastic bag phase out is so, so important.
Now that the announcement has been made and the wheels have been set in motion for a ban on single-use plastic bags, this next phase is crucial to the future of New Zealand. Currently we are going through a period of consultation (if you haven’t had...
A New Zealand Free of Plastic Pollution. An Impossible Dream?
As part of the Wellington Rotary Forum 2018 - Impossible Dreams, Nick was asked to be one of the 12 guest speakers. Below is his 10 min speech. Thursday 30th August, 2018. Can I ask you to please raise your hand if at some time today you...
Change your behaviour, not the plastic bags.
Christ almighty I can’t believe how difficult it is to get this point across. How long will it take until Kiwis finally get it!?? I just watched the Seven Sharp piece on Friday night about plastic bags in which they interviewed scientist Michelle Dickinson (who I...
EMPOWERING CHANGE: BAGS NOT. by Icebreaker
THE BAGS NOT CAMPAIGN IS CONNECTING NEW ZEALANDERS TO THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT TOWARDS REDUCING HARMFUL PLASTICS IN OUR ENVIRONMENT. USING THE KIWI PHRASE, ‘BAGS NOT’, A WAY OF OPTING OUT OF SOMETHING YOU DON’T WANT TO DO, IT’S ABOUT EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO SAY NO TO...
Uncomfortable is OK Podcast – Tackling The Plastic Problem
Have a listen to the below episode from Chris Desmond's fantastic Podcast, Uncomfortable is OK. Uncomfortable is OK Podcast - Tackling The Plastic Problem...
A Plastic Bag Rebuttal Letter
On March 5th, 2018, Stuff published this article by Richard Meadows, a journalist and author of the ‘Budget Buster’ money column for Fairfax Media, discussing his secret love of plastic bags. Below is the letter I sent to Richard in reply. Kia ora Richard, 27 March 2018 I hope...
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