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• Wheelie bins roll out around Wairarapa

  Wairarapa’s war on waste will get 17,000 more weapons from next week as wheelie bins for household recycling are rolled out across the region in response to increased volumes from residents. Read more

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• Winter is Still Good for Gardening

  Ruud Kleinpaste (the Bugman): Contrary to popular opinion, this time of the year is fantastic for the preventative garden jobs that make your spring and summer such a brilliant season. There’s plenty to do and it all makes so much...

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• Sorting it

  There is a strong case to collect more food waste in New Zealand. By doing so we can make a significant reduction to the amount of waste we are currently sending to landfill. Reducing what goes to landfill is better for...

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• Earthcare Environmental Compost Tips

  Compost is produced when plant matter dies and breaks down into nutrients that feed the plants around it. This happens naturally in the forest. But Earthcare Environmental makes it happen as well. We collect and compost 30,000 tonnes of green...

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• Bugs About Wetapunga Update

  The young wetapunga hatched earlier this year as part of the Greenfi ngers Bugs About Wetapunga Breeding programme are doing very well and getting more robust. Over 100 babies have survived to date, each living in their own container. At the...

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• Planting for World Environment Day

  Earthcare Environmental donated funds to the Project Crimson Trust for this year's World Environment Day 5 June 2010. The donation was used towards the Albany Primary School 'Treemendous' makeover where over 600 trees were planted into a new landscape. Project Crimson...

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