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When we were established by the Government in 1967, we were all about litter. But a lot has changed in over half a decade.
Our economy and population has grown, and so has the scale, scope and implications of our waste problem. Today, the three most critical challenges that waste poses to our country is: climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.
We believe, as Aotearoa’s oldest and most iconic environmental not-for-profit organisation, that we have an important role to play in addressing these issues. Which is why we’re passionately committed to creating a more climate conscious, ecologically diverse and pollution free future for all New Zealanders. But we can’t do it alone.
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students have received environmental education since the launch of our new school programming
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$3,051,743
worth of community contribution during Clean Up Week, covering 39,524,772 m2
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56,919
pieces of litter collected and audited as part of our research and citizen science programmes
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45,263,581
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The Te Kamo Scout Group in Whangarei have been recognised for the waste clean ups they do in the community. They regularly go out and about doing rubbish clean ups […]
Back in the 1990’s Rabbit (David Nottage) drove forestry trucks across the Desert Road, often three times a day. When he appeared in a TV 1 Trucking documentary driving Lana […]
Nine year old Henry has been picking up rubbish ever since he was four or five. At rugby he would be picking up rubbish and encouraging other kids to as […]