Get creative with pallets
kia ora, I have picked up 5 pallets which I plan to use to make a compost bin. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallet_crafts for other great ideas for what to do with pallets - this lists some great projects, many with really good instructions and pictures, so I may be looking for more! Nha mihi nui, na Nicola [more]
Monday 4 February 2008

Local Food Bank finds service useful
hi Alice, how does it feel to be back on deck with almost a whole month gone? I have uplifted 1 x 20l plastic container to see if it will prove suitable and have also picked up 2dozen assorted size plastic containers from warrens bakery. Thanks stuart [more]
Wednesday 30 January 2008

Another happy user testimonial
Hi Alice, Many thanks for your reply on Monday. I visited the firm concerned and obtained 4 brilliant containers, spot on for my requirements. Kind Regards Les Spicer [more]
Wednesday 30 January 2008

24 drums to be picked up and paid for tomorrow . Thanks for the contact . Grant - Matamata Piako District Council [more]
Thursday 24 January 2008

Coffee husks prove valuable
Hi Alice Picked up 2 big bags of husks today to trial as garden mulch. If it works out I’ll take lots more. Also ook a whole lot of coffee sacks. I have plans to use them as garden weed matting and make the ones with nice coffee prints on them into shopping bags. Thanks!! Pauline [more]
Thursday 24 January 2008

Gardens love coffee
Thanks Alice, I will be in town tomorrow and I will go to Cafe Laffare and pick up some of the husks. One of my friends loves this sort of thing for her garden so I will share what I take with her. She lives in Lyall Bay, a bit closer to the beach than me. Ta! from Cheryl [more]
Thursday 17 January 2008

Regular collectors of coffee by-product useful
Kia ora ano Alice, I picked up some coffee husks yesterday - almost a wheelie bin full! Will probably pick up once a week although they are available 4 days a week I live in J'ville and have to drive in. Thanks for putting me on to them! ka kite ano, na Nicola [more]
Thursday 17 January 2008

Even coffee husks have a use
Hi Alice, I picked up a big rubbish bag of coffee husks today, cheers! What a cool website you work for :) Lily [more]
Thursday 17 January 2008

Redundant waste baskets find a new use
Hi Alice, Just to let you know that I collected 25 grey wastepaper bins from Dept of Health Dunedin yesterday. Not surprised they were told to get rid of them, as they've obviously mostly been used for food refuse, and the size they are they must have stunk the offices out in between emptyings. They will make good dressage markers, though. - Irene. [more]
Thursday 20 December 2007

Local school collects bins for reuse
Hello, Sorry we haven't contacted you sooner, yes we did receive the 14 bins. Thank you very much. Regards Dawn St. Leonards School [more]
Friday 14 December 2007

Confirmation of exchange
Hi Alice, i picked up the bins this afternoon and there is 6 in my stack rather than 5. Thanks for organising that. I am still looking for plastic drums for making fertilizer in. Cheers N [more]
Thursday 13 December 2007

Otago Polytechnic scores big!
Hi Alice I have arranged to collect 85 to be used for storage and the organic garden at school. Thanks for facilitating this! Regards Mark Jackson Otago Polytechnic... [more]
Wednesday 12 December 2007

Permaculture lifestyle block wins big
Hi Alice Yes, we did a two day trip last week and picked up a trailerload of 13mm and 16mm irrigation alcathene as well as several bundles (can’t tell you how long it is) of 1.8m wide frost cloth. We will keep some of it, but most will be distributed to various addresses in Taranaki; an organic Market gardener (irrigation), a rarebreeds farm in backcountry (cloth), a permaculture lifestyleblock (irrigation and cloth) and a couple of housegardens Thanks Christine [more]
Wednesday 12 December 2007

Community recycling group makes a connection
We have been processing Cryovac's cores for reuse but I dont have weights just approx 300 - 450 cores per month. Sonia Moore - Project Manager Mana Community Enterprises Inc PO Box 50 668 Porirua [more]
Monday 10 December 2007

Waste drums prove invaluable
Hi Alice, This time a pony club Mum took a horse trailer, and fitted in 14 100-litre drums. At present, we have pretty well cleaned them out, they told her no more till after Christmas. Mind you, I don't know how many other people are getting the drums as well. My sister cut one of the 100-litre drums longways today and her ponies now have a new water trough. The other 1/3 of it will get turned into a goat feeder. Planning to turn another 100-litre into a roofed salt block holder. [more]
Saturday 8 December 2007

Pony club makes good use of 'waste' drums
Hi Alice, The first time we stuffed 6 drums in my sister's car along with the dog and goat food and groceries. Next time, I put 10 drums in my Honda Shuttle and still had some space, so last Monday, I got 12 in. So that's 28 altogether. We do have to phone ALSCO-NZTS in advance so they can have enough rinsed out for us. We'd love to have heaps more but with being an hour of mountain-road driving away from ALSCO, it comes down to having to have another reason to go in [more]
Thursday 29 November 2007

Unwanted drums have plenty of reuse options
Hi Alice, Yes, I think various organisations in the valley could make use of those wastepaper bins, so the contact details would be appreciated. Re the drums from ALSCO-NZTS, they also have 100-litre blue drums available. We have already collected 3 carloads of the green 50 litre drums. One of the local crafters bagged one to store rolls of fabric in, so they have plenty of uses <grin> This same crafter uses the Silk Body bags for packing patchworkers' fat quarters. Regards, Irene. [more]
Thursday 29 November 2007

Dismantled old car shed of use to someone!
Hi alice, Yes I collected roughly 3 cubic meters of the wood from the dismantled car shed in Hastings. Thank you for advising me of the contact. Jared [more]
Friday 9 November 2007

Honey producer needed drums for honey storage
Hi Alice Have taken all the drums from Finex to store th honey for production. Will be getting more when they are available. Thanks Chris Clovertone Honey [more]
Tuesday 6 November 2007

Broken vineyard posts suitable for home use.
Hi Alice Have organised some posts through Andy at Pernod Ricard, he couldn't of been more helpful and friendly. Thanks for giving me his contact details. Regards Linda [more]
Thursday 1 November 2007

Clean Earth wins Enviromental Award
Comments: Clean Earth took out the 2007 Environmental Business Award at a function at the Hawke's Bay Opera House in Hastings on the 26th October. Business operators Robert & Deborah Burnside are long established in offering waste and recycling services in th Company: Clean Earth Contact Name: Deborah Burnside Email: askus@cleanearth.co.nz Phone: 06 844 1060 [more]
Saturday 27 October 2007

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