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Waste Education Services

Want to Reduce Your Waste but Need Advice?

A free service for your business or school - provided by Nelson City Council and Tasman District Council. Our Waste Education Service (WES) can help you discover all the ways you can reduce, re-use, and recycle your waste. Contact Karen on 03 545 9176 ext. 2 (karendriver@nec.org.nz) to arrange a business appointment or Kate on 03 541 8293 (katecobb@nec.org.nz) for a school appointment.

In the mean-time, you can access lots of information from this website. Click on any of the links to download information or check out our 'Links' page for some other great websites.

Managing food/green waste:

Compost Heap: Almost half of the average household rubbish bag contains garden and organic food waste. When deposited in landfill this produces methane and leachate which can pollute local waterways and soil. It is easy to use the goodness from these materials to improve your soil, grow healthier vegetables etc, and improve the environment.

Build Your Own Compost Bin - you don't need to buy one...

How To Use a Plastic Compost Bin ... but if you do

Solving Composting Problems - Simple and effective advice

Herbs that Will Enrich Your Compost - How to improve the mineral content of your compost

What to Do with Green and Food Waste? - Quick guide to local solutions

Worm Farm Care - How to look after your worms

Waste Education Services posters:

Fabulous Compost Poster

Bokashi Poster

Worm Farming Poster

Waste Education Services information for schools:

Does your school need help in making the best out of the council recycling service? What about a waste audit conducted with your pupils to highlight the waste the school generates? Contact Kate Cobb on 03 541 8293 (katecobb@nec.org.nz) for a free school appointment.

Waste Not education kit for teachers and students Boy and compost:

Waste-Wise - How to reduce waste in your school

Nelson's Youth Enviro Forum

The Lorax Leaf e-magazine from the Young Enviros

Ecobuzz - environmental info for young people

Bokashi Style Composting for Schools - a simple way to deal with all food scraps

Check out the business information below for information about what office paper to buy; what do with different items you no longer need; and what should you be considering when you need to purchase anything

Waste Education Services information for businesses:

Practical help on reducing your waste. Information on how you can recycle your paper, glass, plastic etc. It's not difficult and you can reduce what you send to landfill, save money and why not promote your efforts to your customers. Contact Karen Driver on 03 545 9176 ext. 2 (karendriver@nec.org.nz) for a free visit to your business.

Waste-Wise for Business - a guide to WES services for businesses

Waste Service Providers - a guide to local services (commercial and for households) available for disposal of different waste categories

Office Procurement Guide - What office paper and other office consumables should we buy? A guide to help you pick the items with the smallest environmental footprint

Recycling Bin Suppliers - Provides information on some of the options for recycling bins for the office or public spaces

This page was last updated on: Monday, November 17, 2008 at 1:14:09 PM

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