Plans to standardise recycling binned

Published: Jan. 18, 2024, 6:34 p.m.

b'Plans to standardise recycling have been binned for now, with the cost of change too high for some councils.\\nStandardising recycling is the first step towards a new waste strategy announced by the Labour Government last year.\\nAll councils were originally required to accept the same materials from next month.\\nFour councils, unable to meet the deadline, have until 2027 - so standard recycling across New Zealand will have to wait.\\nMaia Ingoe reports.'