Environment

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1)	NZ should ban the importation or farming of all genetically engineered products
2)	New Zealand has a clean green image overseas
3)	NZ is not as clean and green as many think
4)	NZ has good reuse and recycling policies
5)	The "Fart Tax" is the right thing to do
6)	Ecological taxes are a good way to make environment-damaging businesses contribute to their costs
7)	Taxes that everyone must pay, does not affect competition.
8)	NZ needs all competing nations to implement the decisions of the Kyoto treaty, so that these taxes don't affect competition.
9)	Reuse is better for the environment that recycling
10)	Manufacturers of potentially reuseable waste items (like plastic containers) should be forced to pay for the cost of collection and disposal of those items.
11)	Non reuseable or recyclable bottles should be banned
12)	There should be an environment tax on the manufacture or import of significant waste items (eg 10c on every plastic bottle, plastic bag or car tyre)
13)	High net migration is bad for the environment
14)	The Government should invest in alternative energy projects
15)	The Government should invest more in environment sustainability and education projects
16)	NZ should remain Nuclear Free
17)	Genetic Engineering should be banned in NZ
18)	Any imported products containing GE ingredients should be banned
19)	It was right for New Zealand to sign the Kyoto Protocol
20)	There should be an environmental tax on all newspapers and magazines because of the environmental cost of manufacturing paper and the short useful life a newspaper serves
21)	All NZ councils should provide curbside recycling
22)	Residential rubbish collection should be paid for by general rates, not by purchasing special rubbish bags.
23)	Summer and Winter are stranger, more changeable, and generally warmer than when i was a child. Therefore there is a global warming issue.
24)	NZ should remain Nuclear Weapon Free, but consider the viability of Nuclear Energy
25)	There should be a 20 cent levy on shopping bags at supermarkets
26)	The carbon trading scheme is a good way to make polluting industries or products pay for their environmental footprint
27)	There should be an environmental tax on aviation fuel for international flights

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