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ZWA is committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni. We believe that supporting Indigenous self-determination and kaitiakitanga are essential to addressing the root causes of the waste and climate crises and to building a truly just and regenerative zero-waste future. We understand that the waste and […]
System Change
October 2, 2026
Long-awaited updates to the Waste Minimisation and Litter Acts will not be introduced to the house this parliamentary term. The government has advised stakeholders that no further work is progressing.
Container Return Scheme
October 1, 2026
Every year New Zealanders buy 2.6 billion drinks in single use bottles, cans and cartons. Less than half of them get recycled. The rest end up in landfill or become litter and pollution.
Food Systems
Waste has not featured in the election campaign, despite being a major environmental concern for most New Zealanders.
Plastics
June 30, 2026
The start of Plastic Free July begins with an urgent call to put plastic pollution back on the political agenda.
Our Zero Waste World
June 15, 2026
Gerry was the manager of Zero Waste NZ in the late 1990s.
June 6, 2026
Budget 2024 cut $52 million out of core funding for Waste Minimisation work currently underway at the Ministry for the Environment. It diverted $178 million in targeted Waste Levy funds to non-waste and core operational activities. This required an amendment to the Waste Act. It means New Zealand now has very little chance of achieving its goal of shifting to a low waste economy.
May 5, 2026
Kiwis currently landfill around 52,000 tonnes of ‘post-consumer clothing’ each year. That’s one flights’ worth of fully stuffed onboard luggage for everyone.
April 13, 2026
How gutted would you be? Your small town of less than 1,500 residents invests in a brand new waste to energy incinerator, and within two years you’ve had to stop using it, because the dioxins are poisoning the rice fields, homes and forest around it!
