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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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bin hire auckland link
13/10/2020 21:31:38

Cool! We need more of this. Even waste have use if we know how to utilize it. This will make forth a good fertilizer and healthy garden soil.
But for our other waste that cannot be composted, such as e-waste, proper disposal is a must, you can also refer to service providers for proper waste management of these non-biodegradable waste. You guys did a great job.

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Kolkata link
27/3/2021 09:00:58

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.

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