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Auckland's air quality

What can I do to reduce air pollution?

At home

At work

  • Walk to nearby business meetings
  • Car pool to meetings if your colleagues are also attending

On the move

  • Tune / service your vehicle every 6 to 12 months - up to 80% of air pollution in the region comes from vehicles. If we all regularly service our cars every 12 months we could cut air pollution by 25%!
  • Drive a fuel efficient car, like a hybrid or a small car
  • Don't buy old diesel vehicles - the current emission standards are not equivalent between petrol and diesel. We recommend refraining from buying diesel vehicles for urban driving until the newer Euro 5 standard comes out in 2009
  • Make sure your new car has a catalytic converter and don't remove it!
  • Reduce your car use
  • Travel smart - avoid driving in rush hour when congestion is high, and avoid short trips
  • Set up a walking school bus
  • Drive smoothly and stick to the speed limit
  • Don't carry heavy things around unless you need them
  • Remove your roof rack when it's not needed
  • Turn off the air-conditioning
  • Check your tyre pressure and keep them pumped up.

You can also lobby central government to continue to develop measures to reduce vehicle emissions.

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