by Editor | Jun 16, 2022 | News
One challenge of the circular economy is finding simple ways to connect waste streams with those who want it. CiRCLR is a new initiative looking for Northland businesses interested in minimising their waste and increasing their revenue potential. CiRCLR is a rescued...
by Editor | May 9, 2022 | News
As a major exporting nation, it’s hard to comprehend that a reported 20% of New Zealand children live in households where food runs out. Even more bonkers, at the same time New Zealand households produce an estimated 300,000 tonnes of food waste for kerbside...
by Vincent Heeringa | May 4, 2022 | Opinion
New Zealand households throw out 230,000 tonnes of food waste annually, of which 54% was avoidable – that is, still edible. That’s enough to feed two cities the size of Dunedin or to provide lunches for all school-aged children for three years. Yikes. Where doe...
by Editor | Apr 28, 2022 | News
The average Wellington household disposes of 3.2kg of food waste per week — adding up to 30,000 tonnes of food waste going to landfill per year, or the same weight as 62 jumbo jets. The food waste trial Para Kai was launched by Wellington City Council on the Miramar...
by Vicki Ravlich-Horan | Jun 26, 2021 | At Home, At Home Featured
Reviewed by Vicki Ravlich-Horan Recipes by Sarah Burtscher Food waste, it’s a bigger problem than plastic yet one many of us are not concerned about. What’s the harm in throwing that crusty dry loaf of bread away? Or that over ripe banana you know no one is going to...
