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Love Food Hate Waste grants available
Auckland Council is giving grants of $500 to $5000 to help Aucklanders reduce their food waste.
Inorganic service meets community need
Bookings are now open for your household inorganic collection service.
Illegal dumping cleared from Weiti River
Litter was discovered and removed from underneath a small concrete dock accessible only by a rough narrow informal walkway or by boat.
Zero waste innovators get funding boost
Collectively, WMIF grant recipients will receive $649,256 for a range of projects designed to promote waste minimisation and reduce waste going to landfill.
Auckland's waste collection heroes
Celebrating some of the times our waste collectors went above and beyond in a difficult year.
Litter bins on Aotea and reaching zero waste
In July 2019, Auckland Council rolled out a range of new waste services on Aotea / Great Barrier Island as the first step towards achieving the target set out in the Tikapa Moana Hauraki Gulf Islands Waste Plan of zero waste to landfill by 2040.
Aotea / Great Barrier Island summer waste service closing soon
The summer pop-up waste drop-off service at Port Fitzroy will close after Saturday, 1 February.
New summer waste services for Aotea / Great Barrier Island
Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board appeals to summer visitors and boaties to plan carefully and think about their waste before they arrive.
Kerbside bin collections over the summer holidays
Kerbside bin collection dates will change during the summer holidays. Check here for more information.
Upgrade to recycling facility keeps plastics in NZ
New optical sorting equipment, installed in Auckland Council’s Visy recycling facility, will keep more plastic recycling in New Zealand instead of relying on international markets, Auckland Council announced today.
A recipe for success in Papatoetoe
From the outside, the Papatoetoe Food Hub looks like a simple community garden with a food truck. But, behind the scenes is a revolutionary approach to how we dine, that sits at the nexus of zero waste and easy access to fresh food.
Bins before breakfast – upcoming changes to waste collection
New collection routes might mean an earlier bin pick up for your house.
Careless waste disposal sparks fires
Hazardous gas cooker canisters and lithium batteries are on the rise in rubbish and recycling trucks in Auckland and causing fires at the Transfer Station as these materials are dumped.
An oasis in Ōtara
The Ōtara Kai Village group works with retailers and manufacturers to support locals and redistribute food that would otherwise go to waste.
Illegal dumping turns green waste business red
A gardening business owner whose trucks were repeatedly dumping green waste in various sites around Auckland has been ordered to pay up by Waitākere District Court.
Building the path to zero waste
Construction and demolition feedback on waste minimisation
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