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.
Plastic bag free Grey Lynn
Local resident Barbara Grace, a member of Grey Lynn 2030 Waste Away group, would like to see Grey Lynn plastic bag free as a step towards NZ dramatically reducing the amount of waste that ends up in the ocean causing environmental harm. To encourage her neighbours to take reusable shopping bags with them she has…
Read MoreReclaiming Grey Lynn’s resources presentation with Warren Snow
Auckland Council has just signed off on a new Waste Management and Minimisation Plan for the Auckland region that has the potential to dramatically reduce the waste going to landfill and transform current unsustainable waste practices. There are exciting opportunities in the Plan for community-led initiatives to turn our waste into valuable resources, develop new upcycling skills…
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Wanaka Wastebusters come to Grey Lynn
This Sunday,20 May, learn about the best and the worst of packaging in the FREE packaging workshop run by Wanaka Wastebusters at the Grey Lynn Farmers’ Market. The workshop will cover green claims and myth busting, plus answer all your questions about PLA bottles, biodegradable bags, compostable bags and other things. The workshop starts at 11.15am…
Read MoreWasters wanted
Waste Away is a focus group of the Grey Lynn 2030 Transition Town movement, which is a community organization that facilitates and supports local focus groups working towards a positive, connected, sustainable, resilient community through practical action. We are a group of enthusiastic individuals committed to educating our community around waste issues and waste reduction…
Read MoreDraft Waste Management and Minisation Plan
Auckland Council is currently hearing submissions on the draft Waste Management and Minimisation plan. Colinda Rowe went along today to speak on behalf of the Grey Lynn 2030 Waste Away submission. Here is what she had to say: “Grey Lynn 2030 is a community organization that facilitates and supports local focus groups working towards a positive,…
Read MoreGetting rubbish sorted: Grey Lynn 2030 waste submission
The Grey Lynn 2030 Waste Away team are one of our most active groups who really know their stuff. They understand how waste can be avoided, minimised and “rubbish” turned into a valuable resource. They have done a great job drafting our submission to Auckland Council on the proposed Auckland-wide draft plan to deal with waste in Auckland…
Read MoreSerious about rubbish: Submission on the Waste Management and Minimisation plan
Grey Lynn 2030 has a very active Waste Away group who are excited about the opportunity for Auckland Council to take a whole new approach to rubbish – the valuable resource that currently ends up in our landfill in alarming quantities. Recommendations in the draft Waste Management and Minimisation Plan will streamline the different waste…
Read MoreWaste Away Update
The winner of the Grey Lynn2030 Waste Away guess the number of batteries competition was: Daniel R. He will be taking home a fabulous Maha Fast Charger + 4 Maha 2700mAh AA batteries. These great items were kindly donated by Ian Jenkins of Ecobatteries. Do check out his website www.ecobatteries.co.nz which specializes in NiMH Nickel…
Read MoreGrey Lynn 2030 April meeting with the wasters
Wednesday 13 April at 7.30pm, Grey Lynn Community Centre It’s all about packaging -compostable /Biodegradable, Plastic bags …. Find out about the Unpackit competition and Wanaka Wastebusters visit to Grey Lynn. Hosted by Grey Lynn 2030 Waste Away
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