Got Food Waste?

We can help!

Taranaki sends thousands of tonnes of food waste to landfill every year.

Green Loop provides a hassle-free, local food waste diversion service for businesses, keeping organic waste in Taranaki and returning it to the land.

We collect food waste from a range of organisations, including hotels, restaurants, cafés, and corporate officesm and process it locally using the Bokashi method. This sealed-bin system is simple to operate, requires no turning or aeration, and is low-odour and low-maintenance.

Learn more about the Bokashi method here.

The resulting pre-compost is then delivered to local farms, where it is further refined using the Johnson-Su composting method to create microbial-rich compost that helps restores soil health.

Contact us to find out how your business can join Green Loop.

A pile of compost with various decomposing food scraps and plant material, next to a green compost bin labeled "Green Loop" for transforming waste into regenerating soil.

What we provide:

  • 120L bins or 20L buckets

  • Zing (fermenting agent), Biochar & Mulch for bins

  • Support

Requirements for participation:

To participate in Green Loop, you only need:

  • Space for your food waste bin(s): we suggest a covered location, easy to access.

Prices for Food Waste collection:

Buckets - 20L

  • Set Day Pickups (set weekly or fortnightly pickup): $8.50 + GST per bucket per empty

  • Pick up on demand: $12 + GST per bucket per empty

Wheelie Bins - 120L

  • Set Day Pickups (weekly or fortnightly pickup): $20 + GST per bin per empty

  • Pick up on demand: $26 + GST per bin per empty.

They are part of the Green Loop:

🥨 Toi Foundation
🥨 Juno Gin
🥨 Novotel New Plymouth
🥨 Columbus Coffee
🥨 New Plymouth Foodbank
🥨 Venture Taranaki
🥨 TSB Centre Branch & Customer Engagement Centre
🥨 Molly Ryan Arvida
🥨 Life Skills Taranaki
🥨 The Junction Reuse Shop
🥨 Altherm
🥨 New Plymouth Top 10 Holiday Park

Testimonials:

Columbus Coffee - Mitre10 MEGA New Plymouth - Nicole Attrill, Marketing & Customer Experience Manager

“One of our main sustainability goals is to reduce our overall waste to landfill, and while we recycle, bale cardboard and soft plastic, a major waste point with having Columbus Coffee has been how to deal with our organic waste.

It is so exciting to be a part of this circular food project.

How great that we can now deal with organic waste locally, to the benefit of local farms to regenerate soil, this will make a big difference to our reduction work.”


Novotel New Plymouth - Jayesh Bala, General Manager

“We signed up [to Green Loop] because we focus on sustainability at Novotel New Plymouth, and we want to understand [more] and do better. 

And we believe that Green Loop provides a solution that has a long-term approach to sustainability and being able to give back to farmers through supporting the journey to improved soil health, and that being a closed loop.”

Close the Loop on food waste! 🥨‍ ‍
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