Waitemata Waste Away
We are active in community waste projects in Waitemata
- Helping residents reduce waste in the Waitemata area
- Training Volunteers for waste reduction projects
- Running composting workshops - worm farming for apartment dwellers
- Waste management for residents who live in apartment buildings (MUDS)
Waitemata 2030 Waste Away
Community volunteers committed to promoting and taking action to reduce waste to landfill in Waitemata.
Sone of Waste Away’s actions:
- Organised local E-Waste drop-off collection events from 2009 across Waitemata - Newmarket, Parnell, City Centre, Ponsonby and Grey Lynn
- Food Scraps Rollout Community Education with Auckland Council
- Setting up café/restaurant food waste diversion from landfill by composting/worm farm onsite and a collection/composting system. Holding Bokashi bucket demonstrations at local cafes
- Weekly education stall at the Grey Lynn Farmers market since 2009, once a month at the Parnell Farmers Market since April 2011, and each week at the Grey Lynn Park Festival since 2009.
- Provision of street-side recycling facilities and an education stall at West Lynn and Grey Lynn Street parties
- Street side recycling at Grey Lynn's Rugby World Cup - Adopt a team events
- Talking to attendees at the Grey Lynn Park Festival ro recycle correctly
- Household battery collection service at the weekly Grey Lynn Farmers Market and the promotion of rechargeable battery use.
Waitemata Waste Away
Waste minimisation, upcycling, recycling, Zero Waste, Plastic Bag Free, eWaste Collections, Food Scraps, the establishment of our community recycling centre.
So many waste projects since we started in 2008
ReUse Market – Project Uplift
ReUse Market and Project Uplift In May, 2025 had our first collection of bras at the ReUse market. Thanks so much to the many women who dropped off bras they no longer wear. We were thrilled at the response! We filled our drop off container to the brim. We’ll do this each month so please…
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Project Uplift: Drop Off Point at the ReUse Market
Project Uplift is a New Zealand-based charity that collects new and gently used bras and distributes them to women in need, primarily in the Pacific Islands but also within New Zealand and other parts of the world. We are big fans of the work of Project Uplift and are aware unitl now there has been…
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How to improve the Waste Management in your Apartment Building?
Living in an apartment building, block of flats, a group of town houses – offers a built in community. It also presents unique challenges, especially when it comes to managing waste – a different ballgame altogether compared to standalone houses. The concentration of multiple households, reliance on shared disposal facilities, and the diverse habits of…
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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…
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Uplift Project – ReUse of Bras
Share your Pre-loved bras with Pacific sisters who literally need your support Since 2013, a bright pink bin has been located at the reuse depot at the weekly Grey Lynn Farmers Market for collecting unwanted but useable bras. This waste initiative was established in July 2013 by Grey Lynn Waste Away and has received a…
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Grey 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…
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Grey Lynn Waste Away
Grey Lynn 2030 Waste Away (GLWA) are committed volunteers who take action to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill from our community. GLWA has worked on many community waste projects. In 2012 we did some projects for all of Waitemata and we are now using this as our name. Keep up with Waitemata…
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The Cup Project
In 2020, the Cup Project brought together local cafes and schools to reuse cups. The project was sucsseful in educating and reducing the amount of single-use takeaway coffee cups going to landfill from our Grey Lynn community. During the challenging 2020, COVID-19 year we managed to start the 8-week feasibility study launching into Plastic FREE…
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Cup Project Grey Lynn: Upcycling against single use coffee cups
Grey Lynn, a vibrant and community-focused suburb in Auckland, New Zealand, has long been known for its proactive approach to environmental sustainability. In line with this ethos, the “Cup Project Grey Lynn” emerged as a grassroots initiative aimed at tackling the significant issue of single-use takeaway coffee cups contributing to landfill waste. Launched in July…
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