by Ruth Blunt | Sep 20, 2023 | Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
We were stoked to have attendees from 30 Upper Clutha businesses join us for our joint business workshop with Lake Wānaka Tourism designed to tackle the issue of waste. Over the course of the morning, we heard from four businesses who have already made inroads into...
by Ruth Blunt | Dec 18, 2022 | Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
Our Wānaka and Alexandra sites will be closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. We’re open every other day this summer, 9am to 5pm, including Christmas Eve for all your last minute sustainable shopping. Wishing all our Wastebusters’ whānau a merry...
by Ruth Blunt | Nov 30, 2022 | Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
Our Annual Report 2021-22: Impossible is Possible, released this week, celebrates how far Wastebusters has come in 22 years, and the impact we have made. It sets out Wastebusters strategic plan – our road map to accelerating the change to a circular economy. In...
by Ruth Blunt | Nov 16, 2022 | Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
Coming up in December… There’ll be a second chance to get your trusty bike fixed too at our Bike Fixing Event. Join us at Wastebusters in Wānaka this Saturday, December 3, 10am to 3pm, where Simon and Georgie will be working their magic to get those wheels...
by Ruth Blunt | Nov 7, 2022 | Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
Notice of Annual General Meetings Come along to our AGM on Tuesday 29th November 2022 to hear about our impacts, finances and all the good stuff from our last financial year (2021/22). The AGM of the Friends of Wānaka Wastebusters Inc. Soc. kicks off proceedings at...
by Ruth Blunt | Oct 21, 2022 | Recycle
Good news alternative milk lovers, you can recycle your clean Tetra Pak at Wastebusters. Following a successful trial earlier this year, Wastebusters has now added Tetra Pak cartons, along with other similar liquid paperboard containers, to its materials accepted for...
