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Time to celebrate Tāmaki Makaurau’s Zero Waste champions

WMIF grants review

Published: Monday 8 March 2021

We are proposing to update the guidelines and processes for the Waste Minimisation and Innovation Fund. You can have your say from 22 February to 21 March 2021.

Recycling right in 2021

Published: Friday 22 January 2021

What Aucklanders are doing well to buck the trends in recycling.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.