PLASTIC FREE JULY 2023
Join the movement and be part of the solution to plastic pollution – so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities.
RIGHT TO REPAIR PRODUCTS
Unrepairable products cost you and the planet.
So much waste is produced in the manufacture of products that people expect to last for years, when sometimes they break in a very short time, meaning all of those resources are wasted when the item gets sent to landfill.
Auckland Council supports Right to Repair through its own submissions on national waste strategy to government, but now's your chance to have your say.
2024 Winners and Highly Commended Awards
Rangatahi Leadership – Rangatahi, rangawhenua, rangatangata
Supported by Uru Whakaaro
This award celebrates ‘leaders in the making’ (individuals or groups of rangatahi / young people, 21 years and under) showing commitment and leadership to reducing waste in their communities.
Winner: Pacific Vision Aotearoa Food Hub Gang. The Food Hub Gang is made up of three young volunteers, Nazihah Buksh, Ayla Brockes, and Alena Lui, who are collecting food scraps from the local supermarket and making compost at the Papatoetoe Food Hub. Despite busy schedules with university, high school, and other commitments, they show up each week with enthusiasm and dedication, and have contributed to diverting 1.5 tonnes of waste from landfill, and keeping these wonderful nutrients local. Their efforts have provided compost to community gardens, reconnecting people to the land and emphasising the importance of reducing waste.
