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Creating a zero waste and waste minimisation future for our community
Creating a zero waste and waste minimisation future for our community
Our Mission
Our Mission
We are committed to supporting our community towards zero waste. We aim to do this by:
Establishing and managing a community resource recovery centre;
Encouraging practices to increase waste minimisation and decrease reliance on fossil fuels;
Supporting and enabling localisation of goods, resources and labour;
Promoting activities that enhance our local environment;
Offering education and advice on matters pertaining to zero waste and waste minimisation.
Why Zero Waste?
Zero Waste is where nothing goes to waste as each resource that is made in our economy has a use even when unusable. This means that resources are valued and not wasted.
The goal is to move from a linear make, take, dispose economy to a make, use, return circular economy. This helps to reduce waste heading to landfills and the use of one-off disposable goods and items.
The Zero Waste International Alliance definition of zero waste is:
“Zero Waste is a goal that is ethical, economical, efficient and visionary, to guide people in changing their lifestyles and practices to emulate sustainable natural cycles, where all discarded materials are designed to become resources for others to use.”
“Zero Waste means designing and managing products and processes to systematically avoid and eliminate the volume and toxicity of waste and materials, conserve and recover all resources, and not burn or bury them.”
Find us at the Waikouaiti Transfer Station or the East Otago Event Centre
Find us at the Waikouaiti Transfer Station or the East Otago Event Centre
Our OneCoast containers are currently open on Wednesdays 12-3pm ,Saturdays & Sundays 1-3pm
Keep an eye out on our OneCoast Facebook group for more specific details and great auctions!
Our main office is open on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9:30-12:30.
Find us on Facebook!
Our Facebook group supports our operations at the Waikouaiti Transfer station and includes dates and timings for when our containers full of donated goods are open to the public.
Find this group here.
Keen to get involved? Volunteering with OneCoast is a great way to connect with your local community and make a real difference in our environment at the same time.
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