Ecosolutions Rubbish Ambassadors at Waitangi Day!
It was great to be back at Waitangi to help with the rubbish / composting / recycling. Ecosolutions (who are organisational members of...
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taitokerautimebank
- Nov 2, 2020
- 2 min
Refashion, repurpose
We've been quietly beavering away at the Clothing Rescue in Kaitāia, but not very good at telling everyone about what we're doing, or...
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taitokerautimebank
- Aug 1, 2019
- 3 min
The Rubbish Trip return
Back in November 2017 we were lucky to have Hannah Blumhardt and Liam Price, aka Two No-Waste Nomads behind The Rubbish Trip visit...
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taitokerautimebank
- Jun 27, 2019
- 1 min
Poster competition – Plastic Free July 2019
Thanks to a request on Facebook for a repeat of last year’s popular Plastic Free July poster competition Jo Shanks of CBEC Ecosolutions...
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taitokerautimebank
- Jun 20, 2019
- 2 min
Competition time!
Plastic Free Kaitāia 2020 are running three competitions for local businesses and educational institutions through Plastic Free July...
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taitokerautimebank
- Apr 15, 2019
- 2 min
Bamboo workshop
The EcoCentre recently organised two Bamboo workshops, Judy Klaus attended one of them and reported back for us. (Photos by Judy & Paula...
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taitokerautimebank
- Mar 8, 2019
- 2 min
Dear Manager…
Many of us struggle with the amount of plastic packaging found around the things that line the shelves of our supermarkets and other...
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taitokerautimebank
- Feb 14, 2019
- 3 min
REAP leading the way
Far North REAP asked the EcoCentre if we would tautoko their application for the ‘Go Green Far North Awards’. Of course we said yes, they...
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taitokerautimebank
- Jan 25, 2019
- 2 min
Transferring the plastic problem
There have been lots of mix-ups about the changes to the plastics accepted for recycling at the local transfer stations. Jo Shanks...
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taitokerautimebank
- Dec 19, 2018
- 3 min
Hot compost takes off
On Friday 30th November, Richard Wallis from NZ Box, came to talk about composting and introduce his compost box design. Richard led an...
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taitokerautimebank
- Dec 6, 2018
- 1 min
Old Laptops Wanted …
Bring your old laptops that either don’t work or have been replaced into the EcoCentre on Bank Street Kaitāia for recycling into spare...
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taitokerautimebank
- Nov 15, 2018
- 3 min
Updated info on recycling plastic bottles
After our post Recycling Reduced about the cut back to kerbside recycling locally we were asked why not the #2 janitorial bottles, which...
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taitokerautimebank
- Nov 13, 2018
- 3 min
Big push for bottle deposits
Thanks to local campaigner Warren Snow, Kaitaia has been at the forefront of the Kiwi Bottle Drive with their national campaign being...
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taitokerautimebank
- Nov 1, 2018
- 4 min
Recycling reduced
Northland Waste suspending the kerbside collection of 3-7 plastics reminds us how unsustainable it is to wrap food in something that...
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taitokerautimebank
- Oct 25, 2018
- 2 min
Gifting wrapped up
Dare I use the ‘C word’ yet? It’s almost November and some organised souls are starting to plan for the festive season. It is an...
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taitokerautimebank
- Oct 18, 2018
- 2 min
The cost of clothing
Pop along to the EcoCentre today between 11am and 6pm and for a gold coin you can take part in our Clothes Swap and take away a new...
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taitokerautimebank
- Oct 11, 2018
- 2 min
Bags, the lot!
What a star, EcoCentre volunteer and Kaitāia TimeBank member Paula Walker has made 42 wet bags out of repurposed chook food sacks and old...
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taitokerautimebank
- Oct 10, 2018
- 3 min
How ‘green’ is your green alternative?
Whilst it is really encouraging to see many businesses around town switching to what looks like environmentally friendly bags, cups etc...
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taitokerautimebank
- Oct 5, 2018
- 2 min
Paataka Kai – Community food stands
Nau te rourou, naku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi With my food basket and your food basket, the people shall live Originally set up through...
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taitokerautimebank
- Oct 3, 2018
- 2 min
Winning at going Plastic Free
Looking back at our Plastic Free July competitions is really encouraging. Lots of great entries that were on display at Te Ahu for...
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