Why municipal waste-to-energy incineration is not the answer to NZ's plastic waste crisis
- Written by Trisia Farrelly, Senior Lecturer, Massey University
Since the Chinese plastic recycling market closed, 58% of New Zealand’s plastic waste goes to countries in South-East Asia.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND
New Zealand is ranked the third-most-wasteful country in the OECD. New Zealanders produce five times the global daily average of waste per person – and they are getting more...
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