Posts by Grey Lynn 2030
Priority Products Submission
Priority Products Submission. Our friends at the Rubbish Trip have produced this helpful guide Want to see waste production and disposal in New Zealand regulated? We have a chance to start the ball rolling and make this a reality. The Ministry for the Environment has released a Priority Product Stewardship Scheme proposal and is looking…
Read MoreTrash to Trade Conclusion
Trash to Trade 2019 Successfully Concludes In May 2019, the third installment of the Trash to Trade upcycling event series was held at multiple locations around the Grey Lynn neighbourhood of Auckland. The event drew a crowd of 150 attendees from a wide cross-section of the local community. At the event, exhibiting artisans utilised…
Read MoreThe ReCreators
Back in 2019, Grey Lynn 2030 was very excited about the launch of “The Re-Creators”, a social enterprise combining waste minimisation with income and employment opportunities for local upcyclers. Ger Tew the founder of the initiative and was inspired by the Grey Lynn 2030 Trash to Trade competition and the Re-Purpose Recovery Centre project in…
Read MoreBaby Clothes and Nursing Bras
Thank You to all the thoughtful people who dropped off new and used bras to the Uplift Project pink collection bin at the Grey Lynn Farmers Market The garments are gratefully received by women in disadvantaged communities where a bra is often unobtainable or unaffordable. We have had a special request for baby clothes and…
Read MoreSew Grey Lynn – Update
Over 100 “BYO Bags Grey Lynn” have been sewn by our team with more than 70 donated so far to help businesses in the West Lynn and Richmond Rd retail areas become Plastic Bag Free! More bags were given away at the Grey Lynn Farmers Market on 1st July 2018 for the worldwide Plastic Bag…
Read MoreGrey Lynn Honey
On 23 December 2018 we celebrated Lynn Green on her final day of holding the ‘Local Honey’ stall. Lynn is one of the four original stall holders at the Grey Lynn Farmers Market. You will still see her next year once a month at the ‘Grey Lynn 2030 Waste Away‘ stall, which she initiated nine…
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