Why is New Zealand not recycling?

New Zealand households usually compost food and other organics. Typically there will be three bins in the kitchen - one for food, one for plastics etc, and one for rubbish. Composting is done at home. The councils supply plastic containers for recycle material and some have separate collection days for the different sorts. read more

Kiwis use about 2 billion bottles and cans each year, but Marty Hoffart says we are recycling less than half of them – and worse, we're not doing the one thing that could make the most difference. read more