Trips to the beach often means bringing things that get left behind, but there are lots of ways to look after our local beaches this summer, or others we visit further afield.

If you're thinking about an e-vehicle as part of a healthier commute, we've compiled some information that we hope might be helpful.

We've been advocating for a microbead ban for many years, and with a New Zealand ban on the horizon, it's a good time to re-affirm our commitment to microbead-free products.

Microbeads are tiny little plastic beads that are added to products like body washes, cleansers and facial scrubs, to help exfoliate your skin. The problem is that after they're rinsed off, they go down the drain and into our waste water systems or septic tanks and eventually into our rivers and seas where they can be ingested by fish and other marine life.