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connecting our community Your local newsletter published by the Valley Project
SEPTEMBER 2022
HELLO SPRING, GOODBYE CLUTTER! We here at The Valley Project are super excited to roll out Spring Clean 2022, a community event that will see you, our community, clean out your clutter, Marie-Kondo your living and storage spaces, and generally ease into the warmer months and longer days with a sense of lightness, well-being, and perhaps a feeling of superiority that you’ve cast off the lethargy of winter and taken control of all your junk! Phew! Maybe you just want to get a new seasonal wardrobe for your whānau at the scheduled rummage, or learn how to make a worm farm, swap a few vegetable seedlings for the garden, eat some great kai and listen to some live music. Perhaps you want to learn how to mend or repurpose a fave item of clothing or diagnose and fix your laptop... There will be something for everyone at this fun, family-friendly, waste minimisation event! So if you’re in the mood for a clearout and want to ensure that you are being responsible with what you no longer need, then the Spring Clean is for you. It's worth noting that if you can dispose of anything in your red or yellow bin, then do that! We only want to see stuff that you can’t dispose of in the usual manner. We are fortunate to have a grant from the DCC Waste Minimisation fund that helps cover some of our expenses and support our aim to divert as much from landfill as possible. We will have a team of dedicated volunteers, ably led by crew from Res.Awesome, assessing and diverting as much as possible away from the skip. We can take your discarded electronics, including (Continued on page #6...)
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