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Christchurch council approves plan to save estuary from waste pollution

The 50-year-old Bexley rubbish dump that is located on the bank of a Christchurch estuary is in danger of bank erosion, which could result in old waste polluting the Avon-Heathcote Estuary. Hospital waste, household rubbish, construction waste and car parts were dumped in the Bexley tip during the 1950-1980s and around 180 tonnes of waste […]

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Recycling Scrap Metal

Wondering where the closest scrap metal recycling place is near you! If you are taking your rubbish to the Henderson dump and you look in your rubbish and have some metal items, you may want to recycle it and make a little bit of coin at the same time. Not many people know that the

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Auckland Council introduces food scrap bins

New Zealanders toss around 90,000 tonnes of food into their rubbish bins every year. That equals about 1.17 billion dollars’ worth of food yearly. Auckland council has recognized that there is a big problem when it comes to food waste and plans to introduce food scrap bins across Auckland by late 2021. This is because

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Rats living in rubbish

Rats are one of those pests that can spread diseases, making your family sick and damage property by chewing through power cords if they are not taken care of. If you are walking around your property and see little black droppings around the size of a paperclip, there are probably rats living around your home.

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Rubbish Removal for Under House Insulation

Under house rubbish removal. You’re enjoying your Kiwi summer and suddenly you remember the cold draft that trickles through your floor boards during winter. This is when you realize you need to get your floor insulated before the cold comes back. There is never a better time than now to get this project done since

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Thailand’s Plastic Bag Ban

Another country bans single-use plastic bags On July 1st 2019, New Zealand took a step towards a zero-waste city by banning stores from selling or giving away single-use plastic bags. Now, another country is doing a similar thing this new year. Thailand has banned many major stores from selling single-use plastic bags from the 1st

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Charity Shops in the Henderson Area

Spring is upon us which means a spring clean out is bound to happen. Whether you are doing a clean out before or after you get your Christmas gifts, you will want to know where you can donate your lightly used things or where to go to get a bargain for the new year. The

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Auckland Rubbish Dump Christmas Operating Hours (December 2019)

Christmas is one of the happiness times of the year! People gather together with their friends and family and eat endlessly until their hearts are content. However, with all of the joy comes confusion about when businesses are operating. To help you out we have put together a list of dump sites across Auckland and

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How much rubbish goes into the ocean yearly?

New Zealand has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world and if you have ever lived here, you will most likely take at least one trip to the beach this holiday season. However, we don’t usually think about the huge amount of rubbish that ends up in our beloved ocean that affects not

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How much rubbish goes into the Auckland landfill annually?

  Since the new year is approaching, we thought it would be helpful to look back on 2019 regarding our landfill in Auckland. Not many people realize how much rubbish they throw away a day, let alone a in a year and although Auckland’s goal is to be a zero-waste city by 2040, its looking

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