Household battery recycling - Brooklyn initiative
GBRAI in conjunction with the Brooklyn Community Centre are running a "joint venture" for domestic battery (button batteries, AA, AAA, C, D and lithioum but not car or other battery packs) alongside the current WCC batery recycling trial.
WCC had a limited number of collection sites (7 - and the closest ones to wider Brooklyn are: The Tip Shop and the Southern Landfill, Kilbirine Library or the library between Brandon St and Panama St - Te Awe). So we decided to try and make it that much easier for the wider Brooklyn community. We collect them (the bin is by the front door of the BCC) then add them to the WCC collection bins. All to do our bit diverting these batteries from the landfill.
WCC are running these collections in conjunction with Waste Management who: collect and sort the batteries, ship them to Auckland and them export them to a battery recycling plant in Australia.
To date, GBRAI / BCC have collected: AA batteries 4.010kg of AA batteries, 1.350kg of AAA batteries, 0.300gm of C batteries, 0.300gm of D battries, 0.150gm of button/circular batteries and 0.600gm of 9V rectangular batteries.
This brings the total collected to date(10/10/2022) total weight 6.710gm that has been diverted from the landfill. We will look to continue a rolling monthly update.
FREE 10-liter emergency water bottles
Merry Christmas -
I have around twenty, empty 10-liter distilled water bottles to serve as emergency water storage. I saved them for my friends, but they already have their own water supplies. Take as many as you like. Please respond to this notice if you are interested.
Best wishes - Michael
Some Choice News!
Many New Zealand gardens aren’t seeing as many monarch butterflies fluttering around their swan plants and flower beds these days — the hungry Asian paper wasp has been taking its toll.
Thanks to people like Alan Baldick, who’s made it his mission to protect the monarch, his neighbours still get to enjoy these beautiful butterflies in their own backyards.
Thinking about planting something to invite more butterflies, bees, and birds into your garden?
Thanks for your mahi, Alan! We hope this brings a smile!
Scam Alert: Fake information regarding December Bonuses from MSD
The Ministry of Social Development is reporting that fake information is circulating about new ‘December bonuses’ or ‘benefit increases’
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