Hayden Smith, Operations Manager of our sister company Hayden’s Harbour Clean (HHC), recently visited the North Pacific Gyre, dubbed “The Great Pacific Garbage Patch” where he witnessed the extent of severe marine pollution that is occurring in our beautiful oceans.
The Gyre is a very real man made phenomena; the convergence zones that are formed by the ocean currents on the surface of the sea stretch from horizon to horizon. It is estimated that there are 70 pieces of plastic per square metre in the area of the North Pacific Gyre.

Civic & HHC are both doing their bit here in Auckland to slow down the accumulation process by nipping rubbish in the bud at its source on the streets using our Green Machines in Auckland City contracts & with Hayden & his team (including 30,000 volunteer hours), picking up in excess of 2,000,000 litres of rubbish from the beaches & waters of the Waitemata Harbour since the establishment of the Waitemata Clean Up Trust in 2002.
Please remember to be a tidy KIWI.