Sustainable Taranaki’s Green Loop project team is now underway with Massey University collaborators on a research project that aims to understand whether a localised, community-scale composting operation can safely and effectively recycle commercial food waste.

April has been a full month at the Green Loop pilot site at Eudaimonia. Volunteers, build work, and the science side of the project have all been moving along together.

At this year’s CA ANZ Taranaki Business Forum, our team shared a powerful message: the future of our region depends on the choices, collaborations, and innovations we invest in today.

We are teaming up with Massey University to ensure that we are producing a great compost, maximising ecological benefits.

Taranaki Tū Mai 2025 has set a new benchmark for sustainable events in the region, successfully diverting significant volumes of waste from landfill, and becoming the first large-scale festival to trial Sustainable Taranaki’s new food-waste-to-compost initiative.

How did this project start? How does it work?

Listen to our Talking Taiao episode where we introduce the Green Loop!

MEDIA RELEASE - Launch of the Green Loop!

Keeping food waste in Taranaki and turning it into a resource that enriches the soil: this is the Green Loop!