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From small community group to making an impact
Pathways of change
Pathways of change
In 2016 the Dunedin City Council followed up its decision to convert the Waikouati landfill to a Transfer Station with a consultation to find out how the community would like to be involved in developing the area. Our local sustainable living group took this up and from here the group that became OneCoast developed. The local community organisation Progress of the Waikouaiti Area (POWA) helped us to get a part time facilitator by supporting us with part of their Place Based Community Grant. While we waited for work at the Transfer Station to begin we continued with educational work, particularly our Green Gold Days of 2019 and 2020 which focussed on simple ways of keeping garden and kitchen waste out of landfill, and our two wildly successful Wardrobe Workout second hand clothes sales, co-hosted with POWA. We also worked closely with the booth staff at the Transfer Station in helping keep the Rural Rummage shed there attractive and tidy.
In late 2020 contractors were finally able to begin the work of converting the paddocks in front of the landfill site to gravelled platforms, and in pril 2021 we were able to place our first container, purchased with DCC waste minimisation funding. Six months later it was joined by a second container generously donated by Port Otago, spaced to support a covered shelter between the two and the beginning of our community hub was born. Now as an incorporated society with a memorandum of understanding with the Dunedin City Council and a good working relationship with Waste Management who manage the Transfer Station, we are set to open our community shop and investigate ways of tackling green waste for environmental benefit. We also have the advantage of the rental of a tiny office in the Events Centre to showcase our activities on the main street.
None of this would have been possible without the enthusiasm and support of local organisations, businesses, community representatives and the people of our Dunedin north coast communities, You have inspired our name OneCoast as we work together towards zero waste goals. Thank you one and all!
Friendly and environmental
Friendly and environmental
Chairperson Judy Martin talks to a customer at the Reuse Shop in Palmerston.
Steam, not smoke!
Steam, not smoke!
Our team of volunteers showcase best practice in making the most out of waste minimisation.
Scope of Work
Scope of Work
OneCoast has two containers at the Waikouaiti Transfer Station with a shelter to be erected in 2022 that will enable a covered area. The containers are for the collection, resale and redistribution of goods and will become a drop off and point of sale for reusable items that come into the Transfer Station site.
Working at the Transfer station, volunteers support planting and maintenance and building infrastructure, with a view to also support the environmentally sound management of green waste in the future.
OneCoast also has a main office in the East Otago Events Centre for the visibility and sale of goods from the Transfer Station.
Community education is also a key focus, where OneCoast actively provides education and support to members of the community with a focus on waste minimisation and zero waste.
OneCoast winners
OneCoast winners
Chairperson Judy Martin receives a well deserved Keep Dunedin Beautiful volunteering award.
It takes a community
It takes a community
Port Otago donated a container for OneCoast to continue and grow their activities at the Waikouaiti Transfer Station
Keen to get involved? Volunteering with OneCoast is a great way to connect with your local community and make a real difference in our environment at the same time.
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