Waitemata Waste Away
2020 Blanket Drive
Give a kid a blanket
Read MoreThe Cup Project: Jun 2020
Watch The Cup Project video here 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…
Read MoreWaitemata Waste Away Update: Feb2020
Grey Lynn 2030 Waste Away (GLWA) are a group of committed volunteers that take action to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill from our community. Some of our activities are mentioned below and we are always keen to welcome new members to our group. Monthly meetings: Note: due to some GLWA members currently…
Read MoreArt Week 2019 Upcycling
Grey Lynn 2030 was proud to help organise a number of Trash to Trade events in Auckland from 17-20 October as part of Artweek Auckland, alongside a community of upcycling artisans and local businesses. The week began with the opening night soiree and Zero Waste Upcycled Fine Art Mini Expo at Wise Boys in Grey…
Read MorePop-Up Bottle Drive a success
On 29 September 2019 Grey Lynn 2030 Waste Away ran a POP UP BOTTLE DRIVE at the Grey Lynn Farmer’s Market, where locals brought their cans, glass and plastic containers for a cash refund. The event was held in collaboration with The Kiwi Bottle Drive and followed the announcement of a container deposit scheme by…
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 (made for us by Lyn Collie from craftmediaworkshop.com) explained the concept of Product Stewardship in easily accessible language…
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