APPA is a core and active member of the #breakfreefromplastic (BFFP) movement. We would love to hear from APPA members who are attending the 7th International Marine Debris Conference (7IMDC) in Busan, Republic of Korea. This conference is being held 18 – 23 September 2022. If you are attending, we Read more…
In collaboration with the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) Asia/Pacific (of which APPA is a member), APPA Chair Liam Prince moderated a panel discussion with Hannah Blumhardt (NZ Product Stewardship Council, The Rubbish Trip and APPA member), and Dorte Wray (Zero Waste Network Aotearoa) on policies and challenges around Read more…
On Friday 6 December 2019 APPA held our first ever public event – an expert panel discussion at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. The event was titled Navigating Plastic Pollution: Understanding the Problem, Finding Solutions. Listen to the full audio here or scroll down to read a Read more…
On Friday 9 August 2019, Minister Eugenie Sage MP announced the Government will be consulting on a proposal to declare a range of problematic waste streams “priority products”, by the end of this year. This would mean that a product stewardship scheme for those products MUST be developed. The proposed products are: Tyres Read more…