Follow Us

(09) 482 1672
[email protected]

People involved in
the collective to date:

38,835

The Compost Collective is here to help Aucklanders on their composting journey, and to eliminate food scraps and garden waste from ending up in landfill in Tāmaki Makaurau, and instead being returned to nourish the land locally.

Our knowledgeable tutors and composting experts will help you learn the basics, answer any composting questions you may have along your journey, as well as breaking down composting barriers and showing you how easy it can be.

We offer free workshops all over Tāmaki Makaurau, with all attendees receiving a voucher towards a composting system of your choice.

 

The Collaborators

With support from Auckland Council, Kaipātiki Project and EcoMatters Environment Trust have teamed up to help create change. Both organisations have been engaged with composting and waste minimisation programmes for many years.

Kaipātiki Project aims to create a totally sustainable Auckland. Based on the North Shore, their mission is to help inspire sustainability through helping people with their environmental challenges, through connecting people to the environment, and each other, where they can take action to make a difference.

EcoMatters is focused on building healthy environments together with the community. Besides a drop in environment centre on-site in New Lynn, they provide information and services on a wide range of sustainability topics including waste minimisation, energy and water conservation, ecological restoration, freshwater quality and community gardening.

 

Making progress

To learn more, read our annual reports here:

2022-2023 Compost Collective Annual Report

2021-2022 Compost Collective Annual Report

2020-2021 Compost Collective Annual Report

2019-2020 Compost Collective Annual Report

2018-2019 Compost Collective Annual Report

2017-2018 Compost Collective Annual Report

2016-2017 Compost Collective Annual Report

 

Funding

The project was initiated through seed funding from the Auckland Council Waste Minimisation and Innovation Fund (WMIF). Funding for subsidised compost systems offered on this site is provided through the Auckland Council compost programme budget.

Goals

We’re here to inform and engage as many people as we possibly can about the benefits of composting and help people reduce their kerbside waste. We want to entertain, engage, empower and encourage the community to learn about smart gardening, food/waste prevention and waste minimisation.

Progress

To learn more about the progress we’ve made, please download and read our annual reports from here:

2022-2023 Compost Collective Annual Report

2021-2022 Compost Collective Annual Report

2020-2021 Compost Collective Annual Report

2019-2020 Compost Collective Annual Report

2018-2019 Compost Collective Annual Report

2017-2018 Compost Collective Annual Report

2016-2017 Compost Collective Annual Report

Funding

The Compost Collective was initiated through seed funding from the Auckland Council Waste Minimisation and Innovation Fund (WMIF). Funding for subsidised compost systems offered on this site is provided through the Auckland Council compost programme budget.

Send us your composting queries and we'll get back to you with advice or information.

(09) 482 1672or

Send us a message