As consumers, it's important that we recognise the impact of our decisions on the environment. By choosing to support brands who are implementing sustainable practices, we can help protect the environment and contribute to a more sustainable future for ourselves and future generations. Unfortunately, sustainable shopping can often come with a hefty price tag, this is where StudentCard can help! By using your StudentCard, you can save on eco-friendly furniture, tech, fashion brands and more - together we can help make a difference!

Limit Your Household Waste

It’s pretty easy to turn a blind eye and chuck something in the trash that’s destined for landfill. Getting into a habit of recycling properly, upcycling or donating old household items will significantly reduce harmful waste. It’s free to list items on Facebook Marketplace and you’ll be surprised how your junk may just be someone else’s free treasure (or perhaps you may make a few bucks off your old stuff!). Old blankets? Perfect for those fostering animals. Broken fridge? Parts for repairers. Wobbly, scuffed table? Someone will upcycle that bad boy.

Looking to upgrade your furniture or appliances? Andoo offers free delivery and removal of old products!*

Andoo is an online furniture and appliance store that offers a range of stylish and affordable products, plus super handy removal services for those currently in Auckland and Hamilton (which elsewhere could cost you loads). It is a well-known fact that traditional methods of furniture and appliance removal are very unsustainable. Andoo’s removalists use sustainable practices to repurpose and refurbish your unwanted goods. Their services include a first-of-its-kind, sustainable mattress removal service in New Zealand. Use your StudentCard to get $50 off when you spend $300.

Refurbished Tech and Appliances

We all love a new product but have you thought about saving some cash whilst still being able to enjoy your favourite tech products? Refurbished tech has come a long way and in most cases, it’s almost impossible to tell your product ever had a life before you. The same goes for appliances - you would probably go hunting for a second hand washer or vacuum cleaner but buying one from a refurb retailer opposed to Janet from down the way means you can have peace in mind that it's been refurbished, tested and is fit for loads of time to come.

Shop refurbished tech at Reebelo

While Reebelo also sells brand new products it is the leading sustainable tech marketplace that offers a wide range of new and refurbished devices, including iPhones, smartphones, laptops, consoles and more at an affordable price point. Reebelo’s refurbishing methods are a step in the right direction to reducing E-waste, one of the fastest-growing sustainability issues today. Use your StudentCard to save $20 when you spend $300 at Reebelo.

Sustainable Fashion

It’s not called Fast Fashion for nothing. It’s quickly made, fashionable for a short period of time and in many cases poorly or unethically made. Its cost, however, makes it very appealing to us, especially as students! If possible, adopting more sustainable fashion concepts will help towards waste reduction but also the huge carbon footprint left from transporting the clothing across the globe quickly. Capsule wardrobes is the unique concept of investing in a small amount of quality items that can be styled in multiple ways. Buying secondhand or renting pieces is another cost effective and sustainable practice. BUT if you have to buy fast fashion, then it's encouraged to support brands making a conscious effort to support the environment.

Staying sustainably stylish with StudentCard

Many of us are guilty of thinking we need a new outfit for every event, but buying new clothes for every occasion can be expensive and wasteful. Opting to rent instead of buying is a sustainable way to avoid outfit repetition. Check out StudentCard’s offers with Oh Rent Me and Dress Rental NZ. If making a fast fashion purchase, check to see how the brand is contributing to a sustainable future. Fashion Colab offsets their carbon emissions by contributing to rainforest restoration and seedling protection (also, hello 35% discount!). Princess Polly has a goal of being 100% carbon neutral by 2030; they are growing their range of sustainably made products and utilising packaging from 100% recycled materials.

Eco-friendly Products

It's important to be conscious of how the products we use in our everyday lives impact the environment. Whether its waterway safe soap from CaliWoods or reusable kitchen wrap from Eco Warehouse, it is these small changes that can make a huge difference.

Periods have traditionally been a taboo topic in the mainstream media. Because of this, the environmental impacts of menstruation products have largely gone unacknowledged. Kiwi-owned brands Hello Cup and AWWA offer an innovative solution to sustainable, comfortable and easy-to-use alternatives to single-use tampons and pads to help you manage a fuss-free period without the negative environmental impacts.

If you’re 18+ and planning a night out, Native are an environmentally-friendly alcohol beverage choice. Cans are a great recyclable product but Native are also putting your dollars to good use with every purchase going toward the planting of a native New Zealand tree.

StudentCard’s discount partner options are a great demonstration that sustainable consumption does not have to be difficult or expensive. Be sure to head to our discounts page to check out these discount partners and more.