Scrap over food scraps rollout

Auckland Council’s new food scrap bins will be delivered across the Hibiscus Coast from this week (Oct 16), with the first collections starting from the week beginning October 30. A total of 41,255 households in the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board area are in line to receive the small outside bin, a kitchen caddy, starter pack of compostable pink bin liners, and an information booklet. Council’s waste solutions general manager Parul Sood said the diversion of food scraps from landfill will be the equivalent carbon emissions saving to taking 10,000 medium sized cars off the road a year. The progr...