Thirsty Thursday in April
Locals and visitors alike are invited to ditch single-use cups and enjoy a free coffee and/or brownie at the next Thirsty Thursday event, happening on Thursday, April 3rd, from 10 AM to 1 PM at Colenso Café in Whenuakite.
As part of the SUC Free Mercury Bay initiative, this event encourages people to bring their own reusable cup and help reduce the thousands of disposable cups that end up in landfills and our oceans each year.
Kete Kai
Discover the art of reducing food waste with Kete Kai. This collection of recipes, collated by Wāhi Tukurua in Mercury Bay, are lovingly donated by the local community. Showcasing creative and delicious ways to transform leftovers and everyday ingredients into meals that honour our environment. With a focus on sustainability and New Zealand flavours, these recipes help you savour every flavour, waste nothing!
Just $20!
Single Use Plastic Survey
In 2024 our waste prevention project focuses on the not-so-innocent takeaway coffee cup. As part of this project, we would really appreciate your assistance to understand the public’s sentiment on Single Use Cups and plastics specifically.
Get involved!
Join a growing team of locals focused on ensuring community-driven waste minimisation for Mercury Bay. Come along and find out more about Wāhi Tukurua.
2024/25 Projects include:
Whitianga Interim Resource Drop-off centre
Single Use Cup (SUC) Free Whitianga campaign
Liquid Paperboard collection (saveBOARD)
E-Waste Drives at WhitiCity Market
Construction and Demolition Waste Recovery Pathways
Inaugural Whitianga Repair Café.
Food Waste Focus
The Wahi Tukurua team are really focused on ways to throw away less food. Follow our Food Waste Focus Month to learn more!
Meaning: Place of Recycling
Wāhi: (noun) location, locality, place, part, piece, portion, section, share, segment, allocation.
Tukurua: (verb) (-tia) to repeat (an operation), do a second time, replicate, recycle, redo.
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