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Fresh ideas to cut back food waste awarded nearly $40,000
From soup discos to getting into a pickle - Auckland Council’s Love Food Hate Waste Fund has given nearly $40,000 to a range of projects aimed at cutting down our food waste.
Protecting Auckland’s water infrastructure key to proposed Council bylaw changes
Auckland Council is seeking public feedback on proposed bylaw changes to the Water Supply and Wastewater Network Bylaw 2015.
Celebrate your zero waste heroes
Calling all zero waste heroes - nominations open from 1 June for the 2021 Tāmaki Makaurau Zero Waste Awards, celebrating all those helping reduce waste to landfill across Auckland.
Hundreds turn up for the Te Puhinui Big Clean 2021
Local whānau, community groups and businesses came out in force to participate in the ‘Te Puhinui Clean Up Day’ earlier this month.
Auckland Council cracks down on big pile of scrap
A company found to have been dumping a huge pile of scrap metal in South Auckland without a resource consent has been ordered by Auckland Council to clean up its act.
Safely disposing of electronic waste
Around 80,000 tonnes of e-waste is generated every year but only an estimated two per cent of that waste is recycled, with the rest ending up in landfills across the country.
Be a tidy Kiwi neighbour this summer
There are better ways to find a new home for unwanted items instead of leaving them outside hoping someone will wander by and take them.
Turn over a new leaf and start composting
Now is a great time to start your home composting routine.