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Community Recycling and Resourcing - SOCIAL ENTERPRISE WORKSHOP
Where: THE FICKLING CONVENTION CENTREWhen: 7-8 MAY 2013
Auckland Council’s new Waste Management and Minimisation Plan supports community based resource recovery and the development of a network of resource recovery facilities around the city. You are warmly invited to participate in one or both of these informative and inspirational workshops exploring how social enterprise can contribute to Auckland becoming the world’s most livable city.
WORKSHOP ONE (200 places)
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY
9am - 4.30pm, Tuesday 7 May
WORKSHOP TWO (50 places)
RESOURCE RECOVERY MASTERCLASS
9am - 4.30pm, Wednesday 8 May
REGISTRATION AND COST
Places are limited for this event so please register as soon as possible. The cost of each workshop is $20
and this can be paid on the day. To register please contact:
Billy Matheson
Principal Advisor - Social Entrepreneurship
Auckland Council
021-688-770
billy.matheson@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Check out the flyer: http://www.communitywaitakere.org.nz/images/noticeboard/sewmay.pdf
Secondhand Sunday Cambridge - Get Rid of Your 'Junk' for Free ! (this event has passed)
"No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little." Edmund Burke
Went for a drive around Cambridge with Ma today - went out a bit late so not sure whether it was REALLY successful and we had just missed all the good stuff, or whether Cambridge is still switching on to this new idea... found a few goodies; a teapot, a Crow Lynn bowl, a bright blue metal filing box and four bags of free feijoas! (despite the 'no food' warning! but who cares! YAY for free feijoas!).... saw MULTIPLE TV's out there though... a bit sad considering NZ's TV Take Back program....
Look out for this in the future - who can beat giving things away instead of dumping them!
Details
28 April, 2013 10am-2pm
Find items you no longer want and place them on a suitable and visible site at the property boundary. Anyone can then take whatever they want. At 2pm pack up anything that is left over. This is different to an organic collection - you give it away!
Excludes - food, rubbish, faulty goods, dangerous items, chemicals, TV's (see instead www.tvtakeback.govt.nz)
Includes - whiteware (going or not), furniture, toys etc.
*** You are responsible for any items that are not taken away (please donate them to a local op shop if they are suitable) ***
Organised by Sustainable Cambridge - http://www.sustainablecambridge.co.nz/
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