Government to regulate environmentally harmful plastic packaging, tyres, e-waste

Lisa VonkWaste Leave a Comment

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 …

Zero waste around the world

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**POSTPONED** Talk by Emeritus Professor Paul Connett New Date TBC Ground Floor, Palmerston North City Library In this talk Dr. Connett, a retired professor of chemistry and author of the book The Zero Waste Solution, will explain why neither incineration nor related thermal technologies are an appropriate or safe solution for waste management in NZ. Connett will explain why such techniques …

The Global Waste Crisis: Videos

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The Global Waste Crisis event was held at Palmerston North City Library on October 20th as part of Palmerston North’s Envirofest, a festival organised by the Palmerston North City Environmental Trust. Speakers at the event covered numerous issues around global and local waste, and included PERC’s Jonathon Hannon and Trisia Farrelly. Videos of these brilliant talks, which were filmed by …