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Issue #4 | E wha rerenga
Your local newspaper published by the Valley Project
JUNE | HUNE 2024
LOCAL ZERO-WASTE INITIATIVES INSPIRING SUSTAINABILITY MINDSET Recycling is all the rage! There's been considerable chatter around the new DCC kerbside collection scheme, especially so at the Valley Project's recent Waste Diversion Day. The event served as a pop-up recycling and resource recovery point, welcoming unwanted batteries, electronics, paint and metal scrap for accessible and responsible recycling. The city has improved its waste minimisation strategy with the addition of food scrap and garden waste collection, but the community continues desiring and questing after more local waste management solutions beyond the city's now four-bin system. Attendees of Waste Diversion Day were (continued on page #10...)
Valley Project staff and volunteers at Waste Diversion Day, May 2024.
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