Wasteless ways

Did you know that every Kiwi produces 3,200kg of waste per year? In total, that’s 12.5 million tonnes of waste each year, according to Recycle NZ. As a nation, we only recycle 28 percent of this waste.

One of the biggest ways you can lessen your impact on the planet is reducing your waste and reusing – or upcycling – the things in your home. With that, we can minimise our impact on the planet and keep New Zealand beautiful, especially as China stopped accepting our recycling in 2018 due to China’s National Sword policy banning the import of most plastics and materials heading for recycling processors.

Bring your own containers

All the supermarkets in New Zealand have moved to a zero plastic bag policy, reminding shoppers to bring their own reusable bags to take their groceries home.

However, there is still a lot of plastic waste from the way meat is packaged to the way we bring home vegetables in little plastic bags. Did you know you can also bring your own containers?

When you visit the deli or butcher’s, bring your own containers to take your meat home in. That way, you can drastically reduce the amount of plastic you’re collecting from the supermarket alone.

Repair your things

Back in the good ol’ days, our parents would make sure they got the most use out of something before throwing it away.

In the era of the disposable, we’ve lost this way of thinking and instead have been throwing out things that could be easily fixed instead of repairing them.

Be it your clothes – a hole in your pants, a button pops off – or your clock stops working, spend a few minutes checking to see if you can fix it rather than throwing it straight in the bin.

Remaining conscientious and aware of the waste you create every day is the best way to reduce your waste and impact on this place we call home.

This paradigm shift can take a bit to get used to, but being mindful of how we interact with objects and waste is the best way to keep New Zealand green.

Here at Leslie Drainage Ltd, we are committed to providing all our customers with the best possible service, Northland wide.

We can happily state that our team, with our vast experience are here and ready to assist you. We have been serving the Northland area for the past 3 years as a company and Richard himself has been in the industry for 25 years after following in his father’s footsteps. During this time, we have seen nearly every issue, from simple to complex. We have always maintained an impeccable record for delivering high quality workmanship for every project. We have a 100% track record of happy customers.

From new builds, to relocated houses, subdivisions, blockages, fixing broken pipes, farm dams, culverts, septic tanks, water tanks, surface flooding, we do it all.

In the past 2 years, we have been inundated with jobs needing subsoil drainage due to the increased amount of rainfall. Properties have been flooding and people are fed up with the mud and mess in their yards. So, we come in and divert that water and allow their sections to dry up again.

Our core values are incredibly important to us as we go about our daily business.

These values are:

• High quality workmanship

• Neat and tidy job

• Honest and reliable

• Great reputation - most work by referral

We are committed to understanding your needs and delivering high quality results. Richard’s knowledge in his trade is priceless and his reputation is a testament to that. We have people come to us with drainage issues, saying no one knows what to do, and Richard will always figure out a way.

For experience and knowledge with any job you need doing regarding Drainage then please don’t hesitate to call.

Leslie Drainage Ltd 02108090752 leslie.drainage@gmail.com