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Keep New Zealand Beautiful - G.J. Gardner Homes Clean Up Week 2019

Keep New Zealand Beautiful is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to keeping our communities clean, safe and beautiful.
07/11/2019

On the 11th September Henry Schein NZ participated in ‘G.J. Gardner Homes Clean Up Week’ week and focused on the local Albany reserve up the road from us – picking up rubbish along footpaths, streams and park reserve areas. We grabbed our reusable gloves and buckets and took to picking up everything we could find (even a discarded car seat and other interesting items!). The team successfully collected over 1,600 pieces of rubbish, there were 23 TSMs helping out from HSNZ – thank you to all who participated.

This was a new challenge for us all to think about how to pick up rubbish without creating new waste in doing so – a new mind-set around taking gardening gloves – not plastic gloves, putting rubbish into buckets to take to the recycle centre – not plastic rubbish bags, and a low waste but hearty food celebration at the end – we had a BBQ with sausages in bread, cooked by Mike, to ensure we had a low waste catering approach to the event (no packaging, plastic plates etc.). Check out the October Team Schein Monthly where we are featured internationally within HS for our efforts.

Learn more about how you can get involved with Keep New Zealand Beautiful