Calls for a Commerce Commission probe into recycling claims

Calls for a Commerce Commission probe into recycling claims
The waste industry and Consumer NZ want a crackdown on greenwashing claims appearing on packaging. (Image: Getty)
Cécile Meier
This story is part of our Waste is Money series. Read part 1 here.'Compostable' coffee cups and 'recyclable' toothpaste tubes are some of the packages contaminating recycling bins and costing ratepayers millions of dollars extra in sorting and disposal fees.The businesses councils contract out to collect and recycle rubbish want this to stop – they are calling for a Commerce Commission investigation into recyclability greenwashing claims.The claims are "designed to prey on a lack of public awareness of...

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