Category: Recycling
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2024 Winter Repair Café – Records Broken
We wondered, why do skilled locals volunteer their Saturday mornings to diagnose faults and mend household items? Repair Cafes are a worldwide movement, gaining in popularity each year as people try to reduce waste being sent to landfill and repair damaged household items.
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The Recycling Bug is Generational
One Māngere Bridge family has caught the Recycling Bug and has already saved over 4000kg of metal from the landfill! This is their story…
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Tonnes of eWaste Collected – Māngere Bridge eWaste Day 2024
Nearly five and a half tonnes of e-waste was collected on Sat 6 April at Friends of the Farm’s latest recycling initiative…
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Fixing to fix, repair with care – Māngere Bridge Repair Café
Bikes, lamps, clothing, pillowcases, books, soft toys, heaters, timers, scissors, knives, loppers, tablets and fans were among the items brought back to life at our Repair Café.
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From MOMA New York to Māngere Bridge
At our recent Friends of the Farm hosted Sewing Bee, we were amused to see how most of us brought along the the same sewing machine. And we learnt a bit of history about that machine…
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Colgate Products Only Please!
With the help of Library, Friends of the Farm (FOF) work with Colgate to recycle your oral care packaging…
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How do you treat your recycling bin?
Here is a handy video about what you can and cannot put in your recycle bin.
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Ambury Riding Centre Car Boot Sale and Family Fun Event
Friends of the Farm were busy at the recent Ambury Riding Centre event and collected 51kgs of rubbish…
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How recycling works in Auckland | Auckland Council
A video from Auckland Council following the process of our recycling
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Waste, Recycling and Rehoming Directory
Want to get rid of your clutter in the most eco-friendly way? Use our handy online tool to find the best place for it!