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Composting and worm farming demonstrations

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Does the Council take away my garden/kitchen waste?

Create your own Eden

 

The Council is challenging our residents to make the most of their garden and kitchen rubbish through our waste minimisation programme. We're encouraging householders to put organic waste to work in the garden. In planning for a cleaner, greener future, we all need to think more carefully about what we throw away. Nearly half the rubbish each household produces every week is food waste, but it can be put to good use.

You can reduce your garden and kitchen waste including home composting by using garden waste collections, taking the waste to your local transfer station, worm farming, grass-cycling and smarter gardening techniques.


Composting and worm farming demonstrations

Composting and worm farming helps the environment, produces nutrient-rich humus  for your garden, and helps your bank balance by reducing the amount of rubbish you throw away. If you want to know more about these easy steps you can take to be a little more "green", come along to a demonstration.

2010 Worm Farming/Composting/Bokashi Demonstrations

Contact Sue Martin 09 295 1301 or email for further information

 

Saturday 27 February

Venue: Papakura Normal School - Cnr Porchester & Walters Rd, Takanini; Carparking: Porchester Rd Entrance

When: 10am-11am

Cost: Free

 

Saturday 21 March

Venue: Edmund Hillary School, cnr Settlement and Hunua Roads, Papakura; carparking: Hunua Road entrance

When: 10am-11am

Cost: Free

 

Saturday 24 April

Venue: Drury Church School - 23 Sutton Road, Drury; Carparking: beside the Church sportsfield

When: 10am-11am

Cost: Free
 

Saturday 18 September

Venue: Edmund Hillary School, cnr Settlement and Hunua Roads, Papakura; carparking: Hunua Road entrance

When: 10am-11am

Cost: Free

 

Saturday 30 October

Venue: Papakura Normal School - Cnr Porchester & Walters Rd, Takanini; Carparking: Porchester Rd Entrance

When: 10am-11am

Cost: Free

 

Saturday 20 November

Venue: Drury Church School - 23 Sutton Road, Drury; Carparking: beside the Church sportsfield

When: 10am-11am

Cost: Free


Discount voucher

We have a Create your own Eden brochure and $20 discount voucher available from
the Council offices and Library or by contacting our
Customer Services Centre on
09 295 1300.
The voucher is redeemable at listed local retailers when purchasing a compost bin or worm farm.


Does the Council take away my garden/kitchen waste?

No. However you can arrange for garden waste to be collected. Refer to ‘garden bags & bins” in the Yellow Pages. Or you can take your garden waste to the transfer station [there will be a fee].

The Council bylaws ban garden waste in weekly rubbish bags. This has been in place for over a decade to stop the harmful effects of organic waste in landfills.

Schools              

Council also has assistance for all schools in the District. Please telephone 295 1300 to speak to an officer on how schools can reduce organic and other waste effects on our environment.


Create Your Own Eden

 

Papakura District Council belongs to the Create Your Own Eden programme. Visit the site at www.createyourowneden.org.nz

 

 

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