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Learning about reducing waste is becoming increasingly important as we face environmental challenges such as climate change, pollution, and resource depletion. Here's just some of the great resources that we use and you might like to browse too.

A seagull flying over the ocean with its wings spread wide.

Website: seagullcentre.co.nz

A fantastically popular recycling & recovery centre in Thames offering affordable second hand goods to the community, funding local employment and inspiring people to reduce, reuse & recycle.

Seagull Centre - Thames

Person holding a tote bag filled with empty glass bottles and cans, standing on pavement.

Zero Waste network

Website: zerowaste.co.nz

Zero Waste Network represents community enterprises across Aotearoa New Zealand who are working towards zero waste. Their mission is connect, educate, enable and inspire them to reach their goals and to be a unifying voice at local, regional and central government levels.

empty soft plastic packaging

Soft Plastic Recycling

Website: www.recycling.kiwi.nz

Find out more about soft Plastic Recycling. Collect all the soft plastic packaging which you use at home, make sure the bags are clean, empty and dry and drop them into the Soft Plastics Recycling bins at supermarket and other stores.

A thrift store with racks of clothes, including t-shirts, jackets, and dresses, displayed inside a wooden structure with a window.

Xtreme Zero Waste

Website: xtremezerowaste.org.nz

Community Recycling Services & Resource recovery centre in Raglan founded by families in the community (2000). We are a whanau working together with yours, towards zero waste.

Trash in a brown paper bag with vegetable scraps, including onion skins, carrot peelings, greens, and other organic waste.

Love Food - Hate Waste

Website: lovefoodhatewaste.co.nz

Food waste is a major issue in New Zealand, although you may not realise it. Every time we throw away food – our bread crusts or last night’s leftovers – it adds up. Love Food Hate Waste wants to change this.

Organized wall of various tools including saw blades, wrenches, screwdrivers, pliers, drills, and other hand tools in a workshop setting.

Repair Cafe - Aotearoa

Website: repaircafeaotearoa.co.nz

Repair Cafés are free pop-up events where local people bring in their broken or damaged belongings and local volunteer experts do their best to repair them.

Group of people discussing architectural blueprints and house design plans at a workspace with laptops, color swatches, and drafting tools.

Green star

Website: nzbgc.org.nz

Buildings and their construction account for as much as 20% of New Zealand's emissions. New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC) are passionate advocates for better buildings. They run the internationally recognised Green Star certification.