This report was prepared by PERC Co-director Dr Trisia Farrelly, Dr Stephanie Borrelle (University of Toronto, Canada) and Dr Sascha Fuller (University of Newcastle, Australia) for the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). Access the report here. Image Brian Yurasits.
Government to regulate environmentally harmful plastic packaging, tyres, e-waste
PERC is delighted by the Government’s decision to declare plastic packaging, tyres, electrical and electronic products (e-waste), agrichemicals and their containers, refrigerants, and farm plastics “priority products”. The Ministry for the Environment invited Dr. Trisia Farrelly to speak at the launch at Remarkit in Porirua yesterday on behalf of the New Zealand Product Stewardship Council. The declaration means that product …