Turn food scraps into clean energy

Putting your food scraps bin out on collection day might feel like a small action, but it adds up quickly – and it creates real value for your community. More than 1,415 Ellerslie households are already using the food scraps service, helping divert 122,210kg of food scraps from landfill in 2025 alone.

From your kitchen to the country

When Ellerslie residents use their food scraps bin, those scraps are turned into:

Renewable gas cleaned and fed into the gas grid to help power homes and businesses.

Energy and warmth used to help grow and ripen tomatoes year-round in glasshouses.

Fertify, a nutrient‑rich fertiliser used on local farms to grow more food.

This means the food scraps from your kitchen can help produce food you’ll see on supermarket shelves and clean energy, powering homes across the motu.

You're not doing this alone

Many households in Ellerslie already take part – making food scraps part of their weekly routine. When more people join in, the benefits grow for the whole community.

Using your food scraps bin helps:

  • Reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill
  • Support local food production
  • Keep valuable resources in use

Need a bin or a quick fix?

If your food scraps bin or kitchen caddy are damaged or missing, we can send out new ones. Just get in touch using the buttons below.

Request a replacement bin Request a caddy

ZERO WASTE

Every small action helps reduce waste to landfill and moves Auckland closer to zero waste by 2040.

Together, we can protect our land and waste nothing.