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Monday, 26 November 2018 09:52

Former Kiwi Olympian designing sustainable bags inspired by New Zealand's landscape

Former Kiwi Olympian designing sustainable bags inspired by New Zealand's landscape

''We want to inspire people to get out there and enjoy what New Zealand has to offer. This country is amazing – everything is so close and accessible.''

Published in MANUFACTURING
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Thursday, 22 November 2018 19:59

The new biological economy

The new biological economy

From milk and merino to wine and tourism, a new book talks about how New Zealanders are transforming how we make a living off our land.

The New Biological Economy is the second book that has come out of a project funded by the Marsden Fund in 2009. The first book Biological Economies: Experimentation and the politics of agri-food frontiers (Routledge Hardback 2016, paperback 2018) had a more academic focus but this one is written for a public audience.

It poses some key questions:

  • Do dairy and tourism have a sustainable future?
  • Can the primary industries keep growing without destroying the natural world?
  • Does the future of New Zealand lie in high tech or in the innovations of a land-based economy?

It explores how high-volume, low value-add industries in New Zealand can continue to grow – and do so sustainably.

"We can do it with merino, we can do it with meat - and to a certain extent we can probably do it with dairy and with tourism as well," co-author and associate investigator Professor Eric Pawson told Kathryn Ryan of RNZ's Nine to Noon.

Co-author and co-principal investigator Professor Richard Le Heron FRSNZ told Nine to Noon that lessons can be learned from the Māori economy.

Continue to to read the full article>

Published in ENVIRONMENT
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Thursday, 22 November 2018 14:39

Studying the microplastics pollution of Auckland beaches

Studying the microplastics pollution of Auckland beaches

A Scion-led study is applying a New Zealand lens to the worldwide ecological impact of plastics by examining the extent of microplastics pollution of Auckland waterways and coastlines.

Published in ENVIRONMENT
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Monday, 12 November 2018 07:43

Draining the swamp kauri swamp

  "Stumps" can be legally exported in their raw form. Photo: Official Information Act

A long-awaited Supreme Court judgment says rough sawn slabs of indigenous timber and lightly carved logs are not “finished” items and their export is illegal writes Farah Hancock for Newsroom.

Published in ENVIRONMENT
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Wednesday, 07 November 2018 12:57

Detpak’s award-winning cup recycling solution launched in New Zealand

In a New Zealand first, coffee cups across the country will be collected and recycled into paper, thanks to the introduction of Detpak’s RecycleMe™ System.

Detpak have closed the loop, with a collection system providing a solution for the coffee industry by guaranteeing all collected paper cups will be recycled into copy paper.

Published in ENVIRONMENT
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Wednesday, 07 November 2018 08:56

Waste Management NZ Launches Inaugural Sustainability Strategy

Waste Management NZ Limited, a which operates one of the largest refuse collection fleets in New Zealand, is moving towards electric trucks from EMOSS Image: EMOSS

New Zealand’s largest waste and environmental services provider, Waste Management NZ, has launched its inaugural sustainability strategy, For Future Generations, which sets out the its sustainability goals.

Published in ENVIRONMENT
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Tuesday, 06 November 2018 09:17

New innovative rat lures attract global interest

New innovative rat lures attract global interest

Wellington researcher Dr Michael Jackson is a step closer to seeing his innovative, sustained-release rat lure products on the global pest control market, with assistance from the KiwiNet Emerging Innovator Programme.

Published in ENVIRONMENT
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Tuesday, 23 October 2018 11:07

HealthPost's journey to sustainable paper packaging

HealthPost's journey to sustainable paper packaging

Goodbye Plastic! Our Journey to Sustainable Packaging for a Better World.  Packaging and our use of plastic has always been of concern to us.

Published in PACKAGING
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Monday, 22 October 2018 15:18

Climate Change Minister heads to Poland

The Minister for Climate Change is travelling to Poland to take part in preliminary talks around deciding the rules for meeting Paris Agreement obligations to reduce global greenhouse gases.

Published in ENVIRONMENT
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Tuesday, 16 October 2018 12:39

Air New Zealand to lift plastic waste reduction to more than 24 million items per year

Air New Zealand will substitute a further 14 single-use plastic products from its supply chain over the next 12 months – lifting plastic waste reduction to more than 24 million items per year.

Published in ENVIRONMENT
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