- Fund improvements in all councils for worlds best practise efficient recycling systems (not just the cheapest) including
- Loop Recycling: simply returning recyclables back to the supplier. For most of us, the bulk of our recyclable materials come from the supermarket. When we next go shopping it will be easy to return already sorted clean plastics, tin and aluminium back to the collection bins in the supermarket.
- Container deposit scheme to encourage recycling and prevent littering.
- Retrain Kiwis to stop littering
- Train Kiwis how to recycle properly, and make it fun by using bins that reward you for your recycling
- Support measures NZ-wide such as Kate Meads “Waste-Free Living” teaching kiwis how to reduce/eliminate plastic in their homes and work.
- Only recyclable plastics imported and used in NZ.
- Plastic waste to fuel management system (last resort)
- Support local communities with rubbish bags and skips for when they pick up rubbish up from their local roads
- Water testing of storm water and wastewater for micro plastics and to identify pollution sources.
- Complete ban on microplastic producing substances.
- Install sump catching sieves on waste water sumps wherever possible