Reuse Customer Service Stars – Wanaka

Wastebusters is hiring new crew members for the Wanaka Shop. Have fun at work while you’re helping to reduce waste going to landfill and make our community more resourceful.  You’ll join our reuse team, receiving, sorting and selling second-hand stuff. Like the rest...
Less waste in lockdown

Less waste in lockdown

Wastebusters’ site may be closed for the moment but zero waste (much like my first born) never sleeps! So what can you do to make less waste in lockdown? While the district’s Material Recovery Facility – where the contents of our yellow bins is sorted...
Garden Guides

Garden Guides

GARDEN GUIDES AND BROCHURES Cold Composting: Somewhere in the ethers of time, the art of composting was mistakenly thought to involve dumping all your grass clippings, food scraps and other garden waste randomly in a pile in the deepest darkest depths of the garden....
PLASTIC FREE FAIR

PLASTIC FREE FAIR

The Lake Wanaka Centre was buzzing on Sunday for the annual Waste Free Fair. Co-hosted by Wastebusters and Plastic Free Wanaka, the event provided practical solutions to help people in our community cut down on their waste. Loads of people joined us at our hands-on...