Volunteer with us at Zero Waste Event this summer (Dec, Jan, Feb) and win a 2-night stay at the Novotel New Plymouth! TWO WINNERS!

Keeping food waste in Taranaki and turning it into a resource that enriches the soil: this is the Green Loop!

We are looking for volunteers to join the Zero Waste community at the Royal A&P Show and Taranaki Tū Mai.

Waitara, Inglewood & Ōkato: in May, we were busy supporting locals to get it right at NPDC Rural Transfer Stations!

Are compostable coffee cups and containers a solution to our waste problem? We tried to answer this BIG question!

This collaborative map locates all the Plastic-Free options around Taranaki! Get in touch if you know more!

You know where your bin is collected, but do you know where it goes next and where it ends up? Find out in this article!

Find out who won the now famous Upcycling Challenge for the 2025 edition!

From 14 April the Junction Zero Waste Hub will be hold a series of 'Zero Waste' workshops at the Brooklands Envirohub. NOW SOLD OUT!

Vapes, wetsuits, coffee capsules and more: here are 10 items you can recycle!

From the Neolithic to the TNT and NPDC, here are 8 things you didn’t know about composting!

We need more awesome volunteers and fundraisers over Summer. Come and join our team of volunteers and be part of some amazing local events!

5 common mistakes you might be making with your compost!

Marfell Community School students show leadership in closing the loop, making their in-school lunches zero waste.

Meet Tina and the Wash Against Waste project aiming to reduce the amount of rubbish generated by our local events!

On Sunday (2 April), over 40 volunteers spent their morning picking up rubbish from Ngāmotu Beach to the New Plymouth Wind Wand.

On The House is a New Plymouth based food surplus rescue charity. Since early this year, they have a new base at the Community Hall next to the Holy Trinity Church in Henui Street in Strandon, and this is where they welcome community members that have difficulties accessing kai.

Raymond Buckland is the passionate owner of Egmont Refuse and Recycling located at 12 Scott Street in Hawera, and he successfully runs a “climate positive” business model. A progressive seeker of alternatives for our common household waste, we’ve selected him as our Sustainable Business Champion for the month of March.

We believe it's achievable to have every event in Taranaki be on the path to zero waste! So we teamed up with Taranaki Conservationists to help make the Tri Taranaki Festival at Ngamotu Beach as zero-waste as possible…

Single-use takeaway containers are a big issue, so it’s no surprise that businesses have come up with ideas to reduce their waste and bring awareness to the alternatives. Some coffee shops, food stalls, and sushi storefronts, for instance, are meeting their customers halfway by providing compostable containers. But is this solving the problem, or creating a bigger one?