Our community has been focussed on managing our waste since we started in 2008. We run projects on recycling, have organised ewaste collections in Waitemata, composting, food scraps. We have a sewing group, Stitch in Time that meets monthly.
In Waitemata many people live in town houses, apartments and blocks of flats. The complexity of managing waste for many is more complex to that for the stand alone houses. We have worked with residents in Apartments to help them improve their Waste Managment.
Community Recycling Centre
We worked for 12 years to have a local recycling centre. Wai Orea CRC funded by Auckland Council is managed by Henderson community group MPHS.
ReUse Markets
We run two "flea" markets which focus on reuse. The Grey Lynn Car Boot Market and the ReUse Market in the city centre.
Grey Lynn Waste Away Group
Waste Management for Apartment Residents
A Stitch in Time - Sew Grey Lynn
Waitemata eWaste Collections - we organised these locally.
Community Waste Projects
We have been doing community focussed projects since we started 2008.
Grey Lynn welcomes Wanaka Wastebusters
Check out the news from Wanaka Wastebusters – Competition, wew website www.unpackit.org.nz and Roadshow coming to Grey Lynn Demystifying packaging Choices – Competition Time Its almost everywhere you look, its on almost everything you buy, look at the packaging, we hear you cry! Is it good? Is it bad? Is it the best you have…
Read MoreGrey Lynn picked for packaging waste project
Media Release from Wanaka Waste Busters 5 November 2010 Grey Lynn has been chosen as one of five focus towns for a project about packaging waste. Wanaka Wastebusters is coordinating the Demystifying Packaging Choices project, which was launched in Wellington today. Colinda van der Sluis said that the Grey Lynn 2030 Waste Away focus group…
Read MoreGrey Lynn 2030 Monthly Community MeetingL May 2010
S#!T happens – deal with it! This month the Waste Away group present an informative and entertaining meeting of ideas, tips and practical advice on dealing with waste. Guest Presenters Sunshine Yates “Household Waste & Recycling in Auckland City” Dorte Wray “Towards Zero Waste – Food Waste” With updates from the Wasters on a range…
Read MoreRecycling Day: 6th March 2010
This event was a big hit last year with 30 tonnes of appliances taken to the Auckland F&P centre for recycling with a total of 48 tonnes nationwide. This was approx. 800 appliances from Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Many of these items would have ended up in landfill. The event enables the public to bring…
Read MoreWellington New World to drop plastic bag charge
After just one month of introducing a 5 cent charge for plastic bags Foodstuffs have announced a 60% reduction in plastic bag numbers compared to the same time last year. In the same week both Wellington and Auckland supermarkets, despite the success, backed down on the charge in response to customer feedback. In the same…
Read MoreAct Now! Stop Foodstuffs fall back of charging
Dear all, We fight for long to make giant supermarket take social responsibility and start a charging on plastic bags and it works! 12 millions of bags are saved over only 1 month. We cannot let it fall back and we need to tell people Wellington guys are not selfish nor irresponsible for environment, we…
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Read MoreEnviroschools cut in Budget
Enviroschools and the Budget – Sabotaging Success Two weeks I went to a hui of environmental educators working with the Enviroschools programme throughout the country. They were so vibrant and so excited about their ever expanding programmes throughout kura kaupapa and many other schools throughout Aotaeraoa. They were also focused on their “regeneration” project which…
Read MoreA sea of Plastic Trash
Here is the video of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — an endless floating waste of plastic trash. Now he’s drawing attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas. Rated Informative, jaw dropping and persuasive…
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