Wanaka Wastebusters, Sustainable Wanaka, Treble Cone and the good folk of Wanaka have got together to show their support for the 350 campaign. Simon has written a blog post about this weeks events and what it took to make 350 happen at Treble Cone. Take yourself over there to have a read and look at the pics.
 
 

Putrescibles (garden and kitchen waste) release methane and leachate into the landfill. They can easily be composted at home to provide a great tonic for your garden. Traditional composting needs space, muscles and lots of materials to layer up. If you don't have all those things on hand, bokashi buckets or a worm farm might suit you better. Dr. Compost is running another series of his fabulous home composting workshops in Queenstown, the perfect introduction to home composting.
 
 

Great news for anyone working in tourism in our area. On The Road Recycling has just been launched in Otago, which will make it easy for tourists to recycle while they’re travelling. Wanaka Wastebusters has rolled out the scheme across Otago in partnership with recycling centres, i-SITE New Zealand and the Otago Regional Council.
Here’s how On The Road Recycling works. A tourist visits an Otago i-SITE and picks up a free map showing all the recycling centres in Otago. They can also buy an On The Road recycling bag which costs $2.50. The visitors wash and squash their recycling on the go: glass, cans, plastics number 1-6, cardboard and paper. When the bag is full, they use the map to locate the nearest recycling centre, and drop their bag of recycling off. How easy is that! As a bonus, most of the recycling centres have great second-hand stores.
For a full list of locations go to www.ontheroad.org.nz
 
 

Wanaka Wastebusters' Simon Williams is funded by QLDC to provide support for all the schools. He facilitates the Enviroschools program to 6 schools in the district and delivers the Zero Waste Education packages to primary and intermediate age classes. He also has tools to help other schools and education centers become more sustainable. To help keep everyone up-to-date with his school activities, he has started a blog. Why not have a look?

 
 

Have you got stuff to pass on to someone else? Recirculate is the new resource exchange for the Lakes District, funded by QLDC. Businesses or households with useful waste products list them on www.recirculate.org.nz. People looking for things search the site, and arrange to pick goods up. All the goods are free, and so are listings. Find out more about ReCirculate
 
 

Our latest newsletter looks at our new Vision and Mission. Sophie talks about On The Road Recycling, the new way for travellers across Otago to easily deal with their recycling. Get to know three more of our staff members (Gina and the twins James & Cory). If you'd like to get our quarterly newsletter by email, sign up now.
 
 

Want to know which staff member says their Mum is their hero? (Actually two of them do). Read about the not-so-secret lives of some of our 35 full and part-time employees in the Wastebusters files. Together our staff keep the show more-or-less on the road and make Wastebusters the lively place it is. Some of them are locals from way back, but we also have imports from all round the world; England, America, France, Scotland and Hong Kong.