Waitemata Waste Away
We began as Grey Lynn Waste Away but then expanded to projects in all of Waitemata, particularly in Auckland's City Centre.
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:
- Many local E-Waste drop-off collection starting in 2009 in 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 a local cafe.
- Weekly education stall at the Grey Lynn Farmers market since 2009, once a month at the Parnell Farmers Market since April 2011, and each year at the Grey Lynn Park Festival since 2009.
- Provision of street-side recycling facilities and an education stall at the West Lynn & Grey Lynn Street Parties in 2010 and 2011 and at Grey Lynn's Rugby World Cup Adopt a team events
- Collection of 6 x 240L wheelie bins full of glass and aluminium cans from the Grey Lynn Park Festival with the support of Visy.
- Provision of a household battery collection at the weekly Grey Lynn Farmers Market and the promotion of rechargeable battery use.
Waste Away
Follow the journey of the many waste projects by our waste groups.
The Cup Project: Jun 2020
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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Waitemata 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…
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Container Deposit Scheme: Community Event
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…
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Submissions 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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Plastic Free July – 2019
In July 2019, the NZ Government banned single-use plastic bags and invested millions into plans for NZ’s first 100% recycled plastic food packaging scheme. Great first steps! Many of us have been working hard to reduce our plastic use, although as you can see from even weekly shopping– it’s almost impossible to avoid completely. However,…
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A special request: Baby clothes & Nursing Bras
A huge Thank You to all the thoughtful people who dropped off new and used bras to the Grey Lynn Farmers Market Uplift Project pink collection bin. In 5½ years over 3200 bras have been donated at the Market, a fantastic effort! The garments are gratefully received by women in disadvantaged communities where a bra…
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Lynn Green – Nine years at the Grey Lynn Farmers Market!
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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Tim Minchin’s “Canvas Bags” – flash-mob
August 2013: Do you Remember that time in a supermarket in Auckland with the Grey Lynn Community Choir? This video was uploaded to YouTube by Philip Griffin in 2013 and has more than 5800 views. Philip states “If anyone wants to do this flash-mob at a supermarket somewhere in the world, email me on philipgriffin@gmail.com…
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