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Zero Waste 3 Dec 2024

8 ways to a waste-less Christmas

This Christmas, save money and reduce stress by cutting out waste.

Waste 2 Dec 2024

Tips for a Zero Waste Festive Season

Celebrate a waste-free festive season this summer with these top tips to protect the environment and keep Auckland beautiful.

Waste 19 Nov 2024

Over 10,000 tonnes recycled at Waiuku Community Recycling Centre’s 10-year mark

This month, Auckland’s first official Community Recycling Centre (CRC), Zero Waste Waiuku is celebrating 10 years of operation.

Environment 18 Nov 2024

Auckland diverts over 30,000 tonnes of food scraps from landfill

More than 30,000 tonnes of food scraps contributed by Aucklanders since the food scraps collections began in April last year have been used to produce renewable energy and fertiliser. 

Waste 5 Nov 2024

Summer tips to keep odours and pests away from food scraps

With summer fast approaching, warmer temperatures can bring an increase to pests and odours in the home.

Zero Waste 4 Nov 2024

Popular flea market returns to city centre

The city centre’s first regular ReUse Market in 40 years is attracting people from all over Auckland as buyers and sellers.

Waste 29 Oct 2024

Zero Waste Champions lead the way at the 2024 Tāmaki Makaurau Awards

The awards night honoured outstanding contributions to zero waste initiatives from people right across Auckland.

Waste 15 Oct 2024

Standardising rubbish collections

Aucklanders out west will no longer need to use prepaid bin tags from 2 December 2024 as council rubbish collections will be funded by residential property rates.

Waste 2 Sep 2024

Free tyre recycling now offered at Waitākere transfer station

Aucklanders can now dispose of their old tyres for free, thanks to a new national product stewardship scheme called Tyrewise.

Zero Waste 22 Aug 2024

Artist turns trash into sci-fi treasure in a Community Recycling Centre

Some artists might choose a scenic landscape or the human body as the subjects of their craft, but Sean Boyd of Octalien finds inspiration from junk.

Zero Waste 18 Jul 2024

Repair Café established with help from grant and volunteers

A weekly repair café in central Auckland that gives broken items a new lease of life is being piloted with the help of a $32,800 grant from Auckland Council’s Waste Minimisation and Innovation Fund.

Zero Waste 9 Jul 2024

Calling all sustainability champions in Tāmaki Makaurau

Aucklanders are encouraged to nominate an outstanding individual or organisation in their community working towards zero waste.

Waste 2 Jul 2024

Waste Solutions wins on way to zero waste

Auckland Council’s Waste Solution team has been recognised in two separate national award ceremonies.

Waste 18 Jun 2024

Recycling, rubbish and food scraps collection days change

Some suburbs across the region will have a new rubbish, recycling and food scraps collection day, as Auckland Council continues to streamline its waste operations in its mission to achieve zero waste by 2040.

Zero Waste 7 Jun 2024

Simple solutions to reducing food waste

Fifteen community organisations and businesses in Auckland have successfully secured Love Food Hate Waste grants totalling $60,000.

Waste 21 May 2024

Rubbish truck fires from lithium batteries on the rise

Nine recycling and rubbish trucks have caught fire in Auckland in the first three months of the year compared with 13 for the whole of last year.