Environment

Minimising waste this festive season

14:30 pm on 28 November 2022

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We're just under a month away from Christmas which means the excitement and slight panic will just be starting to creep in.

According to Consumer NZ 50,000 tonnes of additional waste enter landfill in New Zealand in the weeks surrounding Christmas. So, what can we do about it?

Hannah Blumhardt is an expert on living a zero-waste lifestyle.

About seven years ago, she and her partner Liam co-founded The Rubbish Trip and started offering presentations and resources to help people reduce on rubbish.

She has some tips on minimising waste this festive season.

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