Trash to Treasure

♻️Turn your trash into FREE clothes~♻️

For two weeks only, Manurewa Community Recycling Centre is giving away FREE clothes! In exchange for your non-kerbside recyclables, you can get up to 8 free articles of clothing, one for each category of recycling. 👚

The amounts for each category are, minimum:

🔵 10 clean metal and/or plastic lids – separated in metal pile and plastic pile

🧃 5 lined beverage cartons (also known as tetrapaks) – flattened, washed out and dried

📘 2 books for recycling

🔗 1 cup worth of scrap metal – clean metal pieces with no attached pieces of plastic, paper, etc.

📱 1 old mobile phone – working or not

👓 1 pair prescription glasses

🛍 1 bag worth of soft plastics and/or clean, pre-used Glad plastic products (such as glad wrap or ziplock bags)

 1 other – “Solid” brand toothpaste jars or bottles, “Gillette” brand used razors or parts, or “Colgate” brand used bottles, toothpaste tubes, or toothbrushes

Please note:

⚠️ Staff have the final say whether the recyclables brought in meet the conditions for a free clothing item

‼️ All free items of clothing must be claimed on the day of the exchange

♻️ Recyclables NOT on this list are not eligible for exchange

👕 Only clothes priced at $2 and under are part of the free clothes exchange

📅 Promotion runs Tuesday 25 March – Saturday 5 April

📍38 Holmes Road, Manurewa

🕘 9am – 4pm, Tuesday – Saturday

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This event is part of EcoFest, an annual month-long festival taking place 22 March – 22 April 2025. Inspiring environmental action across Tāmaki Makaurau, it is hosted in collaboration by EcoMatters, Kaipātiki Project, Beautification Trust and Waiheke Resources Trust, and proudly supported by Auckland Council. Discover what’s on at ecofest.org.nz