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Recycling right in 2021
Published: Friday 22 January 2021
What Aucklanders are doing well to buck the trends in recycling.
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Successful prosecutions for two illegal dumpers
Published: Friday 22 January 2021
Mayor Phil Goff’s crackdown on illegal dumping across the region is continuing to deliver resu...
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Join the 'refillution' at Auckland Council Libraries and Pools and Leisure Centres
Published: Friday 22 January 2021
Auckland Council is proud to join the ‘refillution’ with selected libraries and all pools and leisure centres registering as official ‘RefillNZ Stations’ – places where people are welcome to stop in and refill their reusable water bottles for free, no questions asked.
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Papakura food waste collection
Published: Friday 22 January 2021
Papakura will be the first area in the Auckland region to get the new-three bin rubbish collection service and the first large-scale area to get a weekly food waste service.
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Illegal dumping cleared from Weiti River
Published: Thursday 21 January 2021
The team from Seacleaners used their specialised equipment to remove 2000 litres of rubbish and recyclables from the Weiti River.
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2020 WMIF Grant Recipients
Published: Monday 11 January 2021
Fifty-one community organisations and businesses are receiving a boost in funding from Auckland Council’s Waste Minimisation Innovation Fund (WMIF). Grant recipients will receive $649,256 for a range of projects designed to promote waste minimisation and reduce waste going to landfill.
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Upgrade to recycling facility keeps plastics in NZ
Published: Monday 7 December 2020
Up to 35 per cent of Aucklanders’ kerbside plastics can now be recycled in NZ
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Careless waste disposal sparks fires
Published: Friday 27 November 2020
As a simple rule, anything you plug in may pose harm to our staff, contractors or the public if it goes in your bin
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Bins Before Breakfast
Published: Monday 16 November 2020
Please ensure you place your bin out by 7 am on your collection day to avoid missing your pick-up.
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Auckland Council Encourages Phase-out of Worthless Plastics
Published: Tuesday 10 November 2020
Standardising kerbside recycling across New Zealand will make it easier for people to recycle right. But, we also need to move away from single use plastic materials, especially those that are hard to recycle.
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