Reducing Food Waste & Increasing Compost
Starting a compost at home is one of the best ways to reduce food waste going to landfill.
Plus, your compost feeds your garden during the change of seasons, connecting you to your food cycle full-circle.
We offer composting workshops for those folks just getting started, or for those wanting to understand how to do it even better!
Pop in to Anamata or get in touch to learn more, or to receive food scraps for your animals or compost.
Compost resources
The Compost Collective
Compost Collective is there to help Aucklanders on their composting journey, eliminating food scraps and garden waste from landfill in Tāmaki Makaurau and returning them to nourish the land locally.
Their composting experts will help you learn the basics of composting, answer your questions, break down barriers, and show you how easy it can be. All composting workshop attendees receive a coupon towards a composting system of your choice.
Love Food Hate Waste
Love Food Hate Waste NZ exists to empower New Zealanders to take action on household food waste — an issue costing over $3 billion each year. Established under WasteMINZ in 2016 as part of the global Love Food Hate Waste movement founded by WRAP, we work with councils, community groups, and industry partners nationwide to disrupt the take-make-waste cycle. Guided by research and driven by collaboration, we deliver evidence-based campaigns and practical tools that help households reduce waste, save money, and lower their environmental impact.
Waste Nothing - Auckland Council
Your practical hub for reducing waste and making sustainable choices easier. Whether you want to recycle smarter, compost at home, or find creative ways to reuse everyday items, we provide the resources and tips you need to reduce your impact and help build a cleaner, healthier Auckland.
Auckland Council’s goal is to send zero waste to landfill by 2040. By recycling more, composting food scraps, reusing and repurposing items—and most importantly, preventing waste before it even happens—we can work together to save valuable resources and energy. Together, we’re helping make Auckland one of the most liveable cities in the world.
Waste Busters
Dr Compost has been gardening and composting locally for over two decades and he loves sharing his knowledge gleaned from lessons he has learnt along the way.
Whether you’re a novice starting out on your composting and growing journey, you want to improve your current composting setup, or you need specific tailored advice and support, Dr Compost is your go-to expert.
His practical wisdom and hands-on experience will give you all of the knowledge to turn your organic waste into nutrient-rich black gold for your garden.
Explore his wealth of resources and tips, attend one of his fun gardening or composting workshops or send through your gardening or composting dilemmas and get a personalised solution back!
Main Stream Green
Your living lightly journey starts here.
The busy person's guide to mindful consumption.
It's all about making simple changes that work for you - and not letting perfect get in the way of good.
How do you reduce your impact when you don't want to compromise your lifestyle?
How do you live lighter when you're juggling the motherlode of life?
How can you become more mindful of how and what you're consuming?
In a previous career, Nicola Turner's job was to convince us to buy more - and now she uses this insight to help us consume less. With her unique ability to keep it real, Nicola shares how her family now lives with less stuff, less waste and less impact. It's made life simpler, saved heaps of time and money and created a healthier, happier family.
Filled with do-able ideas and practical hacks, Living Lightly is for everyday people who want to simplify their life and reduce their impact but feel they're just too damn busy.