Auckland has 89 of the 112 landfills nationwide at risk from just half a metre of sea level rise, and dealing with them may come down to excavating and completely moving them. The spotlight has been ...

Queues are building at dump sites across Auckland, as people clear out flood damaged items. More than 600 tonnes of rubbish has been dumped at landfill since the flooding. Deputy Controller Rachel ...

Auckland restaurateur Nic Watt is pushing Compost Connect, a new web-based service that connects people with food waste to refuse collectors that turn it into compost. Video / Brett Phibbs Waste is a ...

Auckland Council’s proposal to move from weekly to fortnightly rubbish collections will provide options to meet the needs of larger families. The proposed changes to Auckland’s bin collections come in ...

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is pouring cold water on talk of his council’s rubbish going north to a proposed $730 million Kaipara waste to energy plant. This comes as a Kaipara waste to energy plant ...

Campaigners fighting a proposed landfill at Dome Valley north of Auckland say they have had a "good win" today. Waste Management's application for a plan change for a landfill precinct in the valley ...

Auckland’s banana skins, potato peelings and other scraps are taking a three-and-a half hour road trip south to help ripen tomatoes instead of being buried in landfills. A new kerbside food scrap ...

A small rural Northland council is looking into establishing a “waste to energy” plant that would incinerate household rubbish produced between Auckland and the Far North. But the plan isn't without ...