Phil Vine's guest appearances

Phil Vine

Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Stuart Crosby

Dylan Thomsen

Stuart Nash

Bernie Smith

John Tamihere

Brent Hill

Jarrod Haar

Greg Cain

Chris Edwards

Christoph Schumacher

Will Matthews

Bernie Sanders

Israel Folau

Des Gorman

Tim Brown

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Greenpeace is concerned with the amount of waste coming out of Managed Isolation facilities.To prevent rubbish handling and potential spread of Covid-19, no room rubbish is being recycled from the country's 32 isolation hotels.Greenpeace's Phil Vine says it means about 100-thousand containers a week are sent to landfill.He told Heather du Plessis-Allan reusable containers could be used.Vine says there's enough scientific evidence showing it's safe to use standard plates and cutlery if it's washed with detergent at high enough temperatures.Greenpeace is asking the government to change how people get access to one time use plastic materials, in order for New Zealand to have a more efficient recycling process.

Greenpeace is concerned with the amount of waste coming out of Managed Isolation facilities. To prevent rubbish handling and potential spread of Covid-19, no room rubbish is being recycled from the country's 32 isolation hotels. Greenpeace's Phil Vine says it means about 100-thousand containers a week are sent to landfill. He told Heather du Plessis-Allan reusable containers could be used. Vine says there's enough scientific evidence showing it's safe to use standard plates and cutlery if it's washed with detergent at high enough temperatures. Greenpeace is asking the government to change how people get access to one time use plastic materials, in order for New Zealand to have a more efficient recycling process.

Phil Vine: Greenpeace's Vine says the government need to change how people get access to one time use plastic materials.

Anti-plastic advocates hope that Covid-19 fears won't push people towards plastic packaging. A report from KPMG looking into potential changes in the food sector suggests moves to reduce food packaging are going to be put on hold.The report says that consumers will be looking towards packaging that makes them feel confident about food hygiene and safety.Greenpeace anti-plastic campaigner Phil Vine told Kate Hawkesby that health and safety is paramount at the moment"You've got to draw a line between the line that are absolutely necessary in terms of disposable plastic that are hygienic and required under health circumstances, and those things that are just plastic packaging that are filling up our oceans."He says that he understands why people would want to use plastic-wrapped products, but research shows it's not intrinsically safer. "There are studies that similar coronaviruses stay alive on plastic surfaces for between two and nine days, so it's no safer."

Anti-plastic advocates hope that Covid-19 fears won't push people towards plastic packaging.  A report from KPMG looking into potential changes in the food sector suggests moves to reduce food packaging are going to be put on hold. The report says that consumers will be looking towards packaging that makes them feel confident about food hygiene and safety. Greenpeace anti-plastic campaigner Phil Vine told Kate Hawkesby that health and safety is paramount at the moment "You've got to draw a line between the line that are absolutely necessary in terms of disposable plastic that are hygienic and required under health circumstances, and those things that are just plastic packaging that are filling up our oceans." He says that he understands why people would want to use plastic-wrapped products, but research shows it's not intrinsically safer.  "There are studies that similar coronaviruses stay alive on plastic surfaces for between two and nine days, so it's no safer."

Phil Vine: Anti-plastic advocates say unwrapped food is safe to use