The contents of rubbish bins have never been so closely inspected. Mary Bell outlines councils’ important leadership role in waste minimisation.
Long gone are the days of tossing out anything and everything unwanted. Today, household trash is divided into recyclables, organic waste and rubbish, and, in the future, this will be...
Significant challenges lie ahead for stormwater management. A number of critical factors are creating a pressing need to update and modify how we deal with our stormwater. MARY SEARLE BELL delves into the future.
Rising urbanisation and the effects of climate change are demanding local authorities review and revise how they deal...
Plans for New Zealand's coastal cities must take into account ways to accommodate higher sea levels. By Liam Foster from Opus International Consultants.
Rising seas will be one of the greatest challenges that our communities, and in particular our coastal cities, face. Only a proactive and unified approach will give us the chance to...
Opus International Consultants partner Philip McFarlane reports that for every $1 invested in resilience projects, it’s possible to get returns of between $5 and $10.
“The United Nations quotes figures of a $10 return for every dollar spent,” he says. “And in the United States they talk about improvements to levies for stopbanks...
Organisations should focus more on connecting people and building relationships, and less on collecting and storing content for possible re-use.
That’s according to Dianna Roberts, manager information centre at Opus International Consultants. Dianna says that when it comes to information and knowledge, many organisations often use...
