Did you know that over 65% of the 1.17
million tonnes of rubbish Auckland sends to landfill each year could have been
recycled or composted? Our local
‘Friends of Ambury Farm and Foreshore’ group, alongside Carol-Anne Armitage
(Mangere Bridge Village Manager), wants to support Mangere Bridge to become an
environmentally responsible ‘WasteWise’ community that works together to care
for its people, streets, parks, village, farm, foreshore, harbour and mountain.
Reducing the rubbish we produce at home and
in our community is good for our local environment and will decrease our
contribution to landfill. It will also
save us money, with Auckland Council planning to introduce charges for the collection
of this rubbish by 2015.
To find out more, look out for the
WasteWise group at Ambury Farm Day, the local market and other community events
over the next 12 months. Please join us
in making this an exciting opportunity for the Mangere Bridge community to find
creative solutions that benefit us and our environment.
For more information contact:
Janine Nillesen (0272160183); Frances
Hancock (021 0722696); Meredith Fountain (meredithf68@gmail.com)
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