Central Auckland: please get your rubbish out before 7am
If you live in central Auckland, your rubbish bin collection time will be changing from 9 October 2017 – make sure you don’t miss the truck!
Learn how to compost at a free workshop
Learn how to compost at a free workshop.
Auckland Council’s zero-waste leading the world
Auckland Council has been globally recognised by the C40 Cities Awards 2017 as one of the most innovative councils in the world for climate change action.
Zero-waste grant helps excess food reach hungry mouths
For food rescue organisation KiwiHarvest, a zero-waste grant from Auckland Council has meant being able to say ‘yes’ more often when companies offer donations.
Zero-waste grants on offer for great ideas
Do you have an innovative idea that will help reduce the amount of waste that gets sent to landfill? You could get a grant of up to $50,000 through Auckland Council's Waste Minimisation Innovation Fund.
West Auckland rubbish bin update
Here are some answers to questions you’ve been asking about making the switch from bags to bins in west Auckland.
9 tips for a zero-waste birthday party
Kids and parties produce a lot of waste. The most wasteful party of all is a birthday party – but does it have to be?
Beauty helps 'Bin that Butt'
Auckland Council, Keep Auckland Beautiful and local Auckland artists are helping smokers bin their butts at four key hotspots in Auckland’s CBD.
Feeling Rubbish helps sort rubbish by touch
Auckland’s branch of Blind Citizens NZ has launched a guide to help blind and vision impaired Aucklanders sort household rubbish by touch.
One 'Hell' of an opening
Hells Pizza and $15,000 of Atlas Concrete slabs are just two examples of generous community donors that have helped social enterprise Hibiscus Cost Zero Waste renovate Whangaparāoa’s Community Recycling Centre.