Repair
Lynn Green – Waste Champion
Lynn was one of the founders of Grey Lynn 2030 in 2008, Her passion has always been waste and she quickly started Grey Lynn Waste Away. Lynn has been involved in most of our waste initiatives. Lynn had researched into Zero Waste NGOs so we were lucky to have an expert like her. So why…
Read MoreGrey Lynn 2030 : Our first Repair Cafe
Grey Lynn 2030 held its first Repair Cafe on Saturday 18th Feb 2017 at the St Columba Hall on Surrey Crescent. Repair Cafe is a concept that came out of The Netherlands in 2009 and is about repairing items rather than discarding them as well as creating community spirit by having everyone come together for…
Read MoreSubmissions on Product Stewardship 2019
As part of Grey Lynn 2030’s push to get the community to make submissions on the Government’s Priority Product Stewardship Consultation Document, we created a video highlighting the issues which has gained over 5500 views. The video explained the concept of Product Stewardship in easily accessible language and reminded people of the submission deadline of…
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…
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