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Cut costs and protect the planet: smart ways to reduce food waste
Check out these tips from the Love Food Hate Waste NZ team.
Recycling and repurposing ideas for a seasonal clear-out
Make your spring clean more eco-friendly with these sustainable options for recycling and disposing of unwanted items
Young environmental leaders step up
Young environmental leaders have attended a sustainability wānanga.
Little red digger slashes emissions
For the first time, Auckland Council’s Healthy Waters stormwater team is trialing an electric digger on its maintenance operations, a first in the southern hemisphere.
Auckland Council’s FutureFit challenge to business
An easy-to-use online tool created by Auckland Council to help organisations’ employees to determine their personal carbon footprint is being snapped up by councils and businesses around the country.
Budget 23 extends Auckland Council’s Ngā Puna Pūkenga programme
Budget 2023 has further invested in Auckland Council’s Ngā Puna Pūkenga (NPP) initiative.
Manurewa Community Recycling Centre’s zero waste mission
Looking for second-hand goods, repair workshops or sustainable living advice? Manurewa Community Recycling Centre is your eco-friendly one-stop shop.
Manurewa welcomes new Community Recycling Centre
Auckland’s newest Community Recycling Centre in Manurewa is now open and is focussing on reusing and repurposing unwanted household items to keep them out of landfill.
Save on your bills and have a warmer, healthier home
Find out how to lower your power bills and have a warmer, drier house with free advice from our certified advisors
The pathway to lower transport emissions in Auckland
An Auckland where we all have more choice in how we travel, and where we are collectively less vulnerable to global risks; is the vision outlined in the proposed Transport Emissions Reduction Pathway.
Auckland welcomes first Māori/Pasifika operated Community Recycling Centre
Residents who live in Onehunga and its neighbouring suburbs can now do their part to help reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.
Leading the way in sustainable finance this International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is a chance to celebrate women’s achievements, and this year’s theme recognises the contribution of wahine around the world who are leading the charge on climate change adaptation, mitigation and response, to build a more...
Auckland Council to fund seaweed farming pilot in Hauraki Gulf
Auckland Council have earmarked $1.2 million to support the success of a Hauraki Gulf seaweed pilot farm project, which if successful, would scale up regenerative ocean farming and create numerous environmentally sustainable jobs in the region.
Learn to Live Lightly
Aucklanders are discovering new and simple ways to lower their carbon footprint and save money using tools from Live Lightly.
Lockdown no dampener for recycling truck fires
Hazardous waste in recycling bins has caused a truck fire – another challenge essential workers would rather not be facing under Alert Level 3.
Boost for Community Climate Action funding
What bright idea does your community group need funding for?
