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We are Composting!

14/9/2020

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Ewan Briggs, compost experts, making compost
We are excited to announce we have started our compost project - turning waste from our community into beautiful compost which will be for sale in a few months' time.   We are collecting compostable waste from the Matakana Farmers Market, tea from Daily Organics Kombucha brewery, green waste and food scraps, and layering it up with carbon material for a balanced compost.  Anna Proctor and Ewan Briggs, our compost team, can be seen here putting a batch together.

Matakana Farmers Market has been a zero waste market since day one and were previously sending their waste all the way down to Tuakau to be composted, so we are stoked to be able to reduce the compost miles and process it right here in our community. 
We are using The Carbon Cycle Co. compost boxes which are super efficient.  A single Carbon Cycle composter can convert over 5 tons of organic matter into compost per year.

Good for the atmosphere
Good for the planet 
Good for the people
Special Offer - drop off your food scraps for free at our Lawrie Rd Recycling Centre for the first 6 months!  So if you're bringing a load of stuff over, bring your food scraps as well (but no rotten fish please!)
Trish Allen and Anna Proctor, Matakana Farmers Market compostables
Collection box at the Matakana Farmers Market
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Cloth Face Masks - the way to go!

3/9/2020

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Sock face mask, washable face mask, re-usable face mask, better for the environment

Not being a sewer, I had a go at making a face mask from a pretty sock with a nice pink heal like I'd seen on the internet.  The first time I wore it my friends hooted with laughter!  So much for my efforts at creativity!

But luckily I have very talented and helpful friends who have made me some beautiful washable face masks using scraps of fabric from the very successful Fabric Rescue we held in Matakana in July.  Thank you Sue Monk and Yuka.

Sue also made a selection of fabric face masks for our staff at our Lawrie Rd and Rustybrook Rd Recycling Centres.  Not only are they more comfortable to wear but they are SO much better for our environment.  There's heaps of patterns on line. 

​And you actually don't even need to sew a mask - you can make one out of a scarf or hankerchief and a couple of rubber banks.  Check out Nanogirl's video showing us how https://zcu.io/ifNK

Disposable face mask, litter, landfill
How many disposable masks have you started to see lying around in the environment?  I came across a few lying in the gutters on my morning walk yesterday.  I'm sure they weren't deliberately dropped, but mostly likely blown away or lost.

Disposable masks can only be used once and then need to be safely disposed of to landfill.  They cannot be recycled - they contaminate recycling bins.  And they cannot be flushed down the toilet either as they can cause a breakdown of our waste water and sewage system. Instead, they need to go into household rubbish, preferably wrapped in newspaper.   This is especially important in the times of Covid19.​  

Better still, make your own, even if it looks silly like my pink nose job!

Washable masks for staff at Lawrie Rd Recycling Centre
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