Xtreme Zero Waste

Jemma has brought Emma, her replacement, along to the studio. We get to know Emma and talk about preparation for Christmas and what's going on in the shop at the moment.

Jemma joins us to talk about Xtreme's decision to stop accepting clothing items made by Shein and how it's captured the media's attention. We also check out their Re:works workshops and the upcoming Compost Sale.

Jemma joins us to talk about Xtreme's 25th birthday and about the legion of new community recycle centres that have popped up in their wake, including the latest 2 weeks ago in Waitakere, Auckland. We also look at Plastic Free July which starts today.

Council says changes might be required at the Te Uku and Te Mata recycle drop off points so we've got Jemma from Xtreme in studio to talk about when this will happen and what the options are

Everyone from Coca Cola, BP, many district councils, Xtreme Zero Waste and even Plastics NZ have written to the government telling them to get on with the Container Recovery Scheme. This was almost in place when it was killed by Chris Hipkins when he became prime minister. We also talk about Maui Dolphin Day, what's happening with the Te Uku Recovery Centre and lots more Xtreme news

Jemma joins us from Xtreme to talk about what you can do to cope with Christmas waste but also what they are planning to do to cope with the summer waste at Papahua which has been getting out of hand in recent years

Jemma and Nenya join us to talk about recycle week, hot tips for summer, rural recycling and the all new scheme for dealing with lids and caps. We also have a quick chat about the Business evening coming up next week

No new clothes this month says Jemma from Xtreme Zero Waste. We also have chat about food your garden will like and a quick look a Sewtember, and a chat about washing and squashing

We meet Matt the new GM, Jemma tells us about the how the nationwide standards are affecting our recycling efforts and we talk about working with council and efforts to serve the rural community

Jemma joins us to talk about Kahu's Kouture, Plastic Free July and price rises coming up with the increase in the government waste levy

Jemma joins us to look at the overload at the Te Uku pickup site, how to make your furniture last longer and even how to dismantle a mattress

Jemma joins us to talk about slow fashion, what to do with all that easter egg foil, the national recycling standards and we look ahead to compost week coming soon

Sean Dillon and Sarah Lancaster are here to discuss Te Kaupapa - Haerenga whakaiti para ki Whāingaroa a community korero at the Marae this Thursday at 1pm

Teresa Michels joins us talk about the sale, Wednesday and Thursday with the site opening early for those two days

Sarah joins us to talk about the effect the new waste levy will have on landfill prices at Xtreme with some tips about how to save some money anyway and a look at how going hard on recycling will also help reduce landfill costs

Sarah joins us to look at the new rules and pretty much celebrate the fact that we're already doing most of these things in Raglan on the back of the plastic-free movement that has been operating for several years now

Steve from Xtreme Zero Waste joins us as they're getting a truck load of clothes together to send to the community in Wairoa.

Liz from Xtreme is here to tell us about the Carbon Compost promotion this weekend and also their plans for a new curbside greenwaste service that she's been developing.

After 24 years of recycling in Raglan Rick has finally retired from Xtreme Zero Waste - we look back over the experience of setting up this community enterprise and look to the future as the Xtreme model is being rolled out across 21 sites in Auckland city.

With the government putting up landfill levies tomorrow we talk to Sarah from Xtreme Zero Waste about how people in Raglan are limiting the amount of landfill they produce and also the innovative recycling solutions that will be funded by the waste levy

Rick from Xtreme is on the line to talk about the government announcement about container deposits and food waste

Liz Stanway who developed our food waste system at Xtreme and Lisa Thomson our local councillor are on Zoom to talk about how we hold onto our ground breaking food waste system in Raglan

Council is consulting about the Food Waste Pickup again so we've got Liz Stanyway from Xtreme Zero Waste in to talk about the unique service that Xtreme offers and the benefits it brings to the environment and local community

Murray is here to talk about the new Centre for Excellence which is under construction up at the recycle centre