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Waste 30 Jul 2019

Onehunga Primary School tackles waste minimisation

One school is learning how to be more environmentally sustainable with the help of the Love Your Neighbourhood initiative.

Environment 29 Jul 2019

Closing the gap - sediment control from the start

The Strategic Approach to Sediment programme was developed by staff during 2018 and endorsed by the Environment and Community Committee in December 2018. This was in recognition of the need to develop regional scale mechanisms to drive a reversal...

Waste 26 Jul 2019

Community Recycling Centres face plastics challenge

Auckland Council is encouraging Aucklanders to recycle all their household plastic containers.

Waste 25 Jul 2019

Join the 'refillution' at Auckland Council Libraries and Pools and Leisure Centres

Auckland Council is proud to join the ‘refillution’ with selected libraries and all pools and leisure centres registering as official ‘RefillNZ Stations’ – places where people are welcome to stop in and refill their reusable water bottles for free...

Waste 25 Jul 2019

Illegal dumper faces full force of law

Auckland Council is cautioning Aucklanders to be wary of individuals or organisations offering cheap waste disposal services via social media.

Waste 23 Jul 2019

Go reusable for your caffeine fix during Plastic Free July

Each time we use a single-use cup, it contributes to the single-use plastic packaging that can’t be recycled - help end this by using a reusable cup.

Waste 23 Jul 2019

Ditching that single-use straw will make a difference

A plastic straw may not seem like a big issue, but when you add up the estimated 200 million plastic straws we consume in New Zealand each year, plastic straws create a large problem for the environment.

Waste 17 Jul 2019

What does compostable or biodegradable really mean?

Commercially compostable, home compostable, biodegradable, oxo-degradable — do you know what these mean and where these products should go at the end of their lifespan?