Waikarere Gregory has her bike and compost bins - now she just needs stuff to fill them. Picture / Peter Jackson
Tomorrow promises to be a long day for Waikarere Gregory as she pedals her bike around Kaitaia, towing a trailer.
She's hoping she'll get a few waves and the odd friendly toot, but what she would really like is to have her trailer filled, again and again, with compostable stuff.
Waikarere is taking to the streets as part of the launch of a commercial composting scheme for the town. The trial involves three eateries and a lodge, which have bins that staff and customers can use for compostable materials such as coffee cups and paper napkins, which will then be picked up with the trailer and taken to the two NZ Box compost bins that have been set up across the road near CBEC. The bins have been bought via various funding streams, notably Kai Ora, AK Franks and Four Winds.
Kaitaia Cycle, Waikarere said, was an exciting collaboration between The Good Life Projects, CBEC Eco Solutions and Plastic-Free Kaitaia 2020 (a project of Te Pokapu Tiaki Taiao o Te Tai Tokerau), funded by Four Winds.
The composting bin setup was envisaged as a working example for groups to visit and then replicate in other parts of the community, and at schools, the aim being to reduce compostable waste going to landfill.
