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Auckland-based business Asona is getting $185,000 from the Waste Minimisation Fund to help develop a recycling system for acoustic ceiling panels, Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage announced today.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

The state of New Zealand’s air is generally good says the Associate Minister for the Environment, Hon Nanaia Mahuta after the release of a new report on our air this morning.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Environment

The Government today is announcing its next steps to improve the state of our waterways, promising a noticeable improvement in water quality within five years.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Environment

The Environment Court has today granted the resource consent for the 36th America's Cup bases in Auckland and the associated infrastructure and activities.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Economic Development
  • Environment

Submissions are rolling in from across New Zealand on the Government’s proposed phase-out of single-use plastic shopping bags, with more than 4,000 received so far.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

New Zealand’s pepeketua/native frog species remain in trouble, according to the latest report on the conservation status of New Zealand’s amphibian species.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

 More than $3 million of funding will help divert 40,000 tonnes of commercial and industrial waste from landfills in Auckland every year.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage has announced a programme of work to take action on New Zealand’s long-neglected waste problems.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

Single-use plastic shopping bags will be phased out over the next year, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage announced today.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

The Government is establishing a new group to broaden the conversation with Māori on freshwater.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Environment

New guidelines released today by Environment Minister David Parker are intended to assist councils in their monitoring, compliance and enforcement duties under the Resource Management Act. 

  • Hon David Parker
  • Environment

The new Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) Board chairperson and deputy were announced by Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage today.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

Local government leadership is crucial to turn around New Zealand’s approach to waste, Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage says.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

New information confirms work is needed to ensure there are good standards and clear information for consumers about biodegradable and compostable plastics, Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage says.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

The Government will act immediately on some recommendations of the Land and Water Forum including prioritising action in the most “at-risk” catchments. 

  • Hon David Parker
  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Environment

Plans that are easier to use and prepare under the Resource Management Act (RMA) have taken a step closer with the release of the first set of draft National Planning Standards.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Environment

A plan to help farmers and growers reduce their impact on fresh water, through good farming practices, has been launched today. 

  • Hon David Parker
  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Environment

At an event in Auckland today 12 local and international businesses signed a declaration to tackle plastic waste, Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage announced.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

Children will learn about waste and recycling with a Sustainability Trust-run programme getting a $157,000 grant from the Government’s Waste Minimisation Fund, Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage announced today.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

A taskforce has been set up to deal with the impact of the Chinese Government’s ban on the import of many recycling materials, Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage announced today.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage today announced funding to increase E-waste recycling and avoid it ending up in landfills.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

Plastic recycling company Astron is getting $500,000 under the Government’s Waste Minimisation Fund to expand its plastic recycling facility in New Zealand, Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage announced today.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

Recycling just got smarter and brighter with new cleverly designed bins to improve recycling and collection launched by Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage today.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

A facility to recycle tyres and a project to reuse old photocopier toner are getting off the ground with support from the Waste Minimisation Fund, Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage said today.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment