February 8, 2019
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First residents to move into Ryman in April... p2
Trees chopped at school ground... p11
Jungle queen : Judy Tee and the orangutans... p18
Coffee-cup recycling scheme first in NZ
Giant coffee-cup-shaped bins will soon appear in the centre of Devonport, as the community moves to lead the country in recycling takeaway coffee cups. The Devonport Community Recycling Centre is matching a $28,000 Auckland Council waste-minimisation grant to invest around
$50,000 into a hot-composting system for local businesses’ food waste. “In a first for New Zealand we will be recycling coffee cups,” says Andrew Walters, director of Global Action Plan Oceania, the notfor-profit that runs the Devonport Community Recycling Centre.
Generally, people buy coffee in compostable cups thinking they are doing something good for the environment. But the cups go to landfill, where they break down and produce methane gas, Walters says. “By us putting our infrastructure locally in To page 5 Devonport, no matter what
Narrow Neck backdrop for sailing champs curtain-raiser
Kiwi champs OK for German sailor.… overall winner of the New Zealand OK Dinghy champs Jan Kurfeld (right) and New Zealand residential champion Luke O’Connell, after the racing off Narrow Neck’s Wakatere Boating Club on Sunday. Story page 5.
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