In New Zealand, the average family throws away three shopping carts full of old food per year, meaning that over a third of the roadside bin collection is food waste and it’s all heading into our landfill.
That adds up to about 157,389 tonnes of food waste a year which is a massive amount.
There are a few types of food that are being thrown away regularly, these include bread, apples, bananas, potatoes and lettuce.
Most of the food we throw away is due to the food expiring or it consists of food vegetable scraps like peelings and stalks.
To improve this large food waste problem, the Auckland council is offering free compost courses across Auckland this month, that you can head along to and learn how to start your own compost bin.
Not only will you gain a new skill but if everyone starts a compost bin, we can start decreasing the large amount of food waste going into landfill. Which means the food scraps are no longer going to waste, but are helping the environment.
Help New Zealand get one-third of the food waste down by taking your vegetable scraps and composting them instead!
The first Compost Collective Free Compost Course starts on the 10th of June in New Lynn and the last course is held in Drury on the 26th of June.
List of Workshops:
- Composting Workshop New Lynn – Thu 10 June, 6.30pm-8.30pm | New Lynn Community Centre – Meeting room 1, 45 Totara Ave, New Lynn | FREE – This course offers an introduction to composting basics – bokashi, worm farming and cold composting.
- Bokashi Talk Whangaparaoa – Fri 11 June, 10.30am-11.30am | Whangaparaoa Community Recycling Centre, 637 Whangaparaoa Road, Stanmore Bay | FREE – This talk offers an introduction to composting with bokashi bins.
- Composting Workshop Papakura – Sat 12 June, 2pm-4pm | Elizabeth Campbell Hall, 294 Great South Road, Papakura | FREE – This course offers an introduction to composting basics – bokashi, worm farming and cold composting.
- Composting Workshop Sunnynook – Sun 13 June, 2pm-4pm | Sunnynook Scouts Hall, 90 Sunnynook Road, Sunnynook | FREE – This course offers an introduction to composting basics – bokashi, worm farming and cold composting.
- Composting Systems Tour Triangle Park – Thu 17 June, 11am-12.30pm | Triangle Park Community Teaching Garden, 385 Don Buck Road, Massey | FREE – This compost systems tour and how to’s offers an introduction to different ways of composting.
- Composting Workshop Oratia – Thu 24 June, 6.30am-8.30pm | Oratia Settlers Hall – Small Hall, 569 West Coast Road, Oratia | FREE – This course offers an introduction to composting basics – bokashi, worm farming and cold composting.
- Bokashi Talk Whangaparaoa – Fri 25 June, 10.30am-11.30am | Whangaparaoa Community Recycling Centre, 637 Whangaparaoa Road, Stanmore Bay | FREE – This talk offers an introduction to composting with bokashi bins.
- Composting Workshop Drury – Sat 26 June, 10am-12pm | Drury Hall, 10 Tui Street, Drury | FREE – This course offers an introduction to composting basics – bokashi, worm farming and cold composting.
For more information go to the Auckland Council website www.ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
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