'Making a difference': How recycled chip packets are helping Auckland's

‘Making a difference’ – How recycled chip packets are helping Auckland’s vulnerable

Monday, March 14th, 2022

An Auckland-based organisation is helping the city’s most vulnerable people in the most unlikely of ways – with empty potato chip packets.

The Chip Packet Project (CPPNZ) was founded in September 2021 during lockdown, and was a spin-off of the UK-based organisation, Crisp Packet Project.

The organisation collects freshly-washed chip packets, or any foil-wrapped food item, before fusing them together with an iron to create a “survival sheet” for Aucklanders in need. Read more

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Tags: Environment, Poverty, recycling

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