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Wall-piece of pieces of plastic fishing rope found on beaches on the North Shore, the Coromandel and 90-Mile Beach:
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An awful lot of stuff ends up in the landfill - a result of our "throw-away" society mentality. Saatchi and Saatchi have branded New Zealand as "100% Pure" - yeah, right. This is just some b/s dreamed up by CEO Kevin Roberts - this is the man who, by his own admission, often buys "Head & Shoulders Shampoo" - in spite of the fact that he has no hair. I cannot help but wonder if similar reasoning compels him to buy "Tampax" also? Anyhow, join me on my adventures in the trash, as I haul out stuff to recycle, make into art, give away, and eat - yes eat. Some 30% of the food grown in this "clean green" paradise goes to waste, from supermarket shelf to dumpster. This in a country where people are going hungry and children are suffering illness caused by malnutrition through poverty and bad eating habits (aka McDonalds et al). To kick things off, here's some tucker I found last night: 1.4kg bacon & 6 eggs - all still fresh...
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