Envirology

1. New World scraps plastic bag levy
(News/News Archive)

By LAURA BASHAM - The Nelson Mail, via stuff.co.nz, last updated 13:00 21/10/2009 New World supermarkets in the South Island have dropped their 5-cent plastic bag charge because of customer complaints. ...

2. Ecostore plastic packaging
(Blog/Blog)

... to reduce the amount of plastic rubbish. Kind regards, Ingo Ratsdorf I received the following reply from them on 4 October 2009: Hi Ingo, Thanks for taking the time to write to us. ...

3. Catalogues wrapped in plastic
(Blog/Blog)

... unnecessary and a superfluous burden for the rubbish system and the environment. I would be delighted you you would revert to stickers only, if you believe you really have to send paper to people. I personally ...

4. Plasic wrapped magazines
(Blog/Blog)

This is an email that I sent to AGM Online today: Hi. I will return your latest issue of "landscape" to you. I will no longer accept newspapers and magazines wrapped in plastic foil. For decades magazines ...

5. HOME a film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
(Blog/Blog)

... available in German, English, Russian, Arabic, French, Spanish. Please watch it and decide for youself what you will buy next time in the supermarket, what you do with your rubbish, whether you need ...

6. Is Green Really Green? - Material Selection In The Context Of Sustainable Buildings
(Material/Various)

...  xivMinistry for the Environment, Plastic identification codes, retrieved 8 May 2009 from http://www.reducerubbish.govt.nz/recycle/plastic-id.html xvGECA = Good Environmental Choice Australia, ...

7. Aussies offer answer to toxic old TVs
(News/News Archive)

... of toxic TVs to rubbish dumps. Increasing numbers of people are dumping lead-containing cathode-ray tube televisions as they buy new flat-screen and digital televisions before the switch to digital broadcasting. ...

8. Warehouse to charge 10c for its plastic bags
(News/News Archive)

The Warehouse will charge 10c for plastic shopping bags from next month in an effort to encourage the use of reusable bags. The company says it wants to take 20 million bags out of circulation in ...